Comments on: Quote http://positivesharing.com/2008/07/quote-116/ Make Yourself and Your Business Happy At Work Thu, 18 Mar 2010 02:47:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Keli http://positivesharing.com/2008/07/quote-116/comment-page-1/#comment-238325 Keli Fri, 05 Sep 2008 02:40:11 +0000 http://positivesharing.com/?p=2070#comment-238325 I think that the above statement means that no model can be correct, but even the wrong ones sometimes turn out right. Behind every mistake is a great accident waiting to be revealed. I think that the above statement means that no model can be correct, but even the wrong ones sometimes turn out right. Behind every mistake is a great accident waiting to be revealed.

]]> By: A pithy quote, a funny toon, tuning your finances with a scattergram and inspiring teachers « Bear’s Den http://positivesharing.com/2008/07/quote-116/comment-page-1/#comment-237474 A pithy quote, a funny toon, tuning your finances with a scattergram and inspiring teachers « Bear’s Den Sun, 03 Aug 2008 13:14:39 +0000 http://positivesharing.com/?p=2070#comment-237474 [...] up, what a thought: Essentially, all models are wrong, but some are useful. We all have an idea of how things work; scientists and economists call such ideas of theirs [...] [...] up, what a thought: Essentially, all models are wrong, but some are useful. We all have an idea of how things work; scientists and economists call such ideas of theirs [...]

]]> By: Salv Reina http://positivesharing.com/2008/07/quote-116/comment-page-1/#comment-237242 Salv Reina Fri, 25 Jul 2008 12:31:56 +0000 http://positivesharing.com/?p=2070#comment-237242 Yes this is good, genuinely skeptical (as opposed to cynical) thinking. It applies very stongly to science too, something I didn't click into soon enough when I was studying sciences. Yes this is good, genuinely skeptical (as opposed to cynical) thinking. It applies very stongly to science too, something I didn’t click into soon enough when I was studying sciences.

]]> By: Alexander http://positivesharing.com/2008/07/quote-116/comment-page-1/#comment-237178 Alexander Tue, 22 Jul 2008 08:37:09 +0000 http://positivesharing.com/?p=2070#comment-237178 I wouldn't say that. We're more than guessing - we're making hypotheses, testing thema nd refining them to create more accurate and more useful models. It's just that the model is not "The Truth". Like the map is not the landscape. I wouldn’t say that. We’re more than guessing – we’re making hypotheses, testing thema nd refining them to create more accurate and more useful models.

It’s just that the model is not “The Truth”. Like the map is not the landscape.

]]> By: Martin Jul http://positivesharing.com/2008/07/quote-116/comment-page-1/#comment-237170 Martin Jul Mon, 21 Jul 2008 18:52:44 +0000 http://positivesharing.com/?p=2070#comment-237170 Hi Alexander I was reading Peter Scholtes' "The Leader's Handbook" yesterday and thought that it might be something for you - and today you post one of the quotes that is used prominently in that book, too. If you have not read it give it a go - it is a very practical handbook for change based on systems thinking. I use it in my work to help humanize software development organisations - most the financial sector. You will be pleased to read his chapter about bonus payments (short summary: don't do it). Being a close student of Dr. Deming his position is that the method, processes and the organisational system itself is responsible for most of the problems and these are not fixed by simply giving out bonuses. In fact, he cites Deming's famous dictum that a goal without a method is nonsense. It is all about making the system work better, rather than blaming the people for the results of a poor system they are not allowed to change. Anyway, it has a lot of good stuff and I think you will enjoy it. More info about the book at Scholtes' website: http://www.pscholtes.com/pscholtes/handbook.cfm All the best, Martin Hi Alexander

I was reading Peter Scholtes’ “The Leader’s Handbook” yesterday and thought that it might be something for you – and today you post one of the quotes that is used prominently in that book, too.

If you have not read it give it a go – it is a very practical handbook for change based on systems thinking. I use it in my work to help humanize software development organisations – most the financial sector.

You will be pleased to read his chapter about bonus payments (short summary: don’t do it). Being a close student of Dr. Deming his position is that the method, processes and the organisational system itself is responsible for most of the problems and these are not fixed by simply giving out bonuses. In fact, he cites Deming’s famous dictum that a goal without a method is nonsense. It is all about making the system work better, rather than blaming the people for the results of a poor system they are not allowed to change.

Anyway, it has a lot of good stuff and I think you will enjoy it.

More info about the book at Scholtes’ website:
http://www.pscholtes.com/pscholtes/handbook.cfm

All the best,
Martin

]]> By: Aldohas http://positivesharing.com/2008/07/quote-116/comment-page-1/#comment-237165 Aldohas Mon, 21 Jul 2008 16:39:35 +0000 http://positivesharing.com/?p=2070#comment-237165 yeah we don't know the real fact, we just guessing yeah we don’t know the real fact, we just guessing

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