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Tag: Gary Klein
The Jester’s Inner Circle: Thinkers Who Help Us See More Clearly — And Two Who Chose Their Own Ending
My exploration of what I now call the Jester’s Inner Circle began with a re-reading of Arthur Koestler’s masterpiece The […]
We Do Not Change Through Inspiration, But Through a Better Story
Information does not drive lasting change We live in a time of endless inspiration. TED talks, podcasts, articles, books, LinkedIn […]
Unanticipated, Anomalous, Strategic — A Forgotten Vocabulary
Reclaiming Serendipity: From Wild West to Rigorous Pattern It’s time to write again a serious “Respect Serendipity” essay. The ongoing […]
Jerome S. Bruner: “On Knowing – Essays for the Left Hand”, (1962)
Jerome Bruner (1915–2016) was one of the most influential psychologists of the 20th century — a pioneering thinker who reshaped […]
Creative Desperation – When Urgent Action is Needed
You can’t fight fire with fire – right? So you may think and it’s a statement which 99 % of […]
The Forgotten Act: Bruner, Koestler, and the Spacious Origins of Discovery
In 1962, American cognitive psychologist Jerome Bruner published a quiet but luminous essay titled The Act of Discovery. Just 20 […]
From Doing Mode to Insight: A Case for the 21st Century Jester
Modern work culture is suffocating under the weight of its own productivity dogma. In a compelling recent HBR article, Megan […]
Why trusting to your intuition is seldom really creative – Koestler and Klein agree on this
Gary Klein, a research psychologist renowned for his work in naturalistic decision-making, distinguishes between intuition and insight based on the […]
Harnessing serendipity in the workplace is about more than facilitating the unexpected
What if your company had a great and more frequent ability to discover more valuable things than those for which […]
Insight – the core element of serendipity
Insight is the key element of serendipity. Following serendipity’s original definition serendipity is something unexpected or odd – event, results, […]
Gary Klein: “Seeing What Others Don’t – The Remarkable Ways We Gain Insights”
It was a real pleasure and positive experience to read Gary Klein’s new book. I have to admit that I […]