Conventional Wisdom
topic on 3 shows · 3 statements across 3 episodes
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3 statements about Conventional Wisdom, every show
McLean: E-commerce fads prove that conventional business wisdom frequently fails
“And so I think I would reiterate the importance of thinking for yourself and the importance of not believing the fad of the moment. Oh, another one, right? That we're all going to buy everything online from now on in and retail is dead. And that turned out not…”
Berger: Naive Outsider Questions Often Force Experts to Rethink Decades of Assumptions
“The outsider can come in and ask the totally naive why question the way a four-year-old child would ask it, and it's amazing how often that leads to something dramatic. That can lead to that can just cause people to step back and say, whoa, wait a minute, you …”
Tabb: Choosing your own path is safer than following conventional wisdom
“I think that if you choose your path, it's much safer than following what the conventional wisdom of the path is, of the safe path is. So a lot of times you'll be told, oh, follow this recipe for success, and it's actually not true. That's not the recipe, and …”