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Not Knowing

The Art of Turning Uncertainty into Opportunity

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Not Knowing

By: Stephen D'Souza, Diana Renner
Narrated by: Russell Newton
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Knowledge and expertise are highly valued in today's business world. These values are introduced at an early age by our education system, and at work, we are assessed based on what we know, on having the answers and solutions. Our need for certainty, to know what's going on, to have all the answers, exerts strong pressure in our lives. This award-winning book offers an alternative, contrarian approach to dealing with such pressures and to embrace "not knowing" rather than fearing it. The authors argue it is by "not knowing" that we in fact develop an exploratory mindset, and we discover, engage and create new ways to deal with business and management problems and issues. The book is supported by stories of individuals and the positive change they made in their lives through "not knowing." Solving new problems with old ways of thinking are no longer useful in the new world.

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In this book, the authors talk about the interesting concept of ‘the curse of knowledge’ meaning that it is harder to think and talk about your area of expertise in a simple way. After reading this book, I tend to agree on some points but disagree on others. I feel if string theory can be described in a 50 words or less, then any other idea or concept can be articulated. It really comes down to how developed the delivering persons communication is.

An interesting read none the less. It was a suggested reading of an MBA reading list.

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