Obstacle of Obsolete Assumptions

The biggest obstacle to innovation is wisdom, because I can always say, ‘I tried that, it didn’t work,’ and now I have a set of beliefs that are based on a set of assumptions that are obsolete, but I don’t know that because I’ve lost track of the assumptions.

- John Seely Brown

Standardization vs Improvization

The real genius of organizations is the informal, impromptu, often inspired ways that real people solve real problems in ways that formal processes can’t anticipate. When you’re competing on knowledge, the name of the game is improvisation, not rote standardization.

- John Seely Brown