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May 26, 2012

"The words "risk management" usually evokes less subjective, more data-driven pursuits. But data and objectivity can only get you so far. Philosopher Karl Popper famously proposed that to be scientific, a theory had to be falsifiable: that is, it had to make predictions that could be tested and possibly shown to be wrong. Popper spent a lot of time thinking about this definition of science and the burgeoning science of probablility, which he called propensity."

To navigate such unquantifiable hazards, then, you need to make judgment calls. And that's where argument (or discussion, or conversation, if you prefer) comes in. You want diverse, even opposing viewpoints. You want to manage their interactions in a way that allows the quieter, less-senior, less-predictable voices to be heard. You probably do want to accord different weights to the arguments of different people, although deciding how to do so (past track record? clarity of argument?) is hard.

In any case, it should be clear that you don't want to just let the loudest voices win.

Successfully managing most of the biggest risks that businesses and societies face requires successfully managing arguments about what exactly those risks are and how seriously they should be taken.

Feb 20, 2012

When your audience says: “No time. No money. No thanks.”
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"The problem was that I was talking about what I had instead of talking about what they needed. They didn’t want yet another tool or thing to do. They wanted help.

So I started over.

“Our goal is to make things easier for you. Easier to find answers and experts. Easier to share better ways of working with people who do what you do. Easier to coordinate work in your group and across groups.

If we make all of that easier, we’ll make your jobs better while we unlock tremendous value for our company.”"

Sometimes, you need to go to a place – a destination – to get things done. It could be the latest information on a project or about a client or a product. It’s just a website, but a website with some modern advantages

The second way we make things easier is with a Facebook-like stream. It lets you follow things you care about – people, groups, documents, websites – and get notified in real-time. The things that matter to you are delivered in a way that’s easy to skim quickly but that also allows for comments and other feedback.

And the tools themselves are convenient and engaging. That means iPad and iPhone access, for example. It means consolidating several of the tools we have into one place. And it means integration with our email system, Outlook.

Managing Risks Means Managing Arguments
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