You Could Be Right!
I watched the excellent TED talk, "Do schools kill creativity?" by Sir Ken Robinson and the following quote really stuck out to me:
If you are not prepared to be wrong, you will never come up with anything original.
Mr. Robinson was talking about creativity and education, but this can easily be applied just about everywhere, including the world of software.
Comments
Jim Martin on on 7.08.2008 at 10:35 PM
Good post Scott! This is so true in all aspects of life. I think the best way to make a company stronger is to promote a climate where people are not afraid to be wrong. So many people are held back because they are afraid of failure. Failing is good and is also a very important part of growing. Good Stuff!
Scott Watermasysk on on 7.08.2008 at 10:53 PM
That goes for teams as well. You should never be afraid to something new. :)
Bill Robertson on on 7.08.2008 at 11:13 PM
This was really a great talk. If I could achieve one thing politically it would be to free the children, and free their parents and give them more choices for educational outlets.
The reason he gave for the rise of state run schooling was "industrialization". I would add homogenization of country worship (patriotism) and religious thought.
Ryhow on on 7.08.2008 at 11:40 PM
Wow, that was a really good talk! Taking away a lot from that!
Anthony Kirrane on on 7.09.2008 at 6:13 AM
Great but not new - has anybody heard of Tony Buzan? He's been promoting this notion (fact) for years. I dare say he was a massive influence on Sir Ken.
Anybody who found this talk interesting would do well to get some Buzan books. Additionally NLP springs to mind. At least in the way it offers an explanation of different personal interpretations of the world around oneself.
My children's primary school teaches according to similar principles. A style of teaching that has been pioneered in Essex in the UK.
TechSlice on on 7.14.2008 at 7:31 PM
Schools do kill creativity. They press everyone into the same mould.
David Douglass on on 7.16.2008 at 9:52 PM
Being wrong is absolutely essential to software development. You’ll never get anything right if you can’t first get it wrong.