Chapter 3Kaizen vs. Tenkaizen
Good is the enemy of great.Jim Collins
Reproductive Thinking and Productive Thinking
Reproductive thinking is a way to refine what is known; it aims for efficiency. Productive thinking is a way to generate the new; it aims for insight.
When you were a child, you probably had a thaumatrope. A thaumatrope isn’t a childhood disease; it’s a toy first popularized in Victorian England. It consists of a disk about the size of a small paper plate with a picture on either side. The disk is usually mounted on a dowel that you spin by rubbing your palms back and forth. The images on each side of the disk are different but complementary. ...
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