There is rich wisdom to be found in fiction, although you might have to look hard to find it. There are some writers who have used fiction to deliver timeless messages.<\/p>\n
For example, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle had his protagonist Sherlock Holmes utter some really meaningful lines. Amongst these is the classic: ‘it is a capital mistake to theorise before one has data. Instinctively one begins to twist facts to suit theories instead of theories to suit facts.’<\/i><\/p>\n
This is confirmation bias at work. We see things that confirm what we already believe much more often and clearly than we see things that may erode or contravene our existing beliefs.<\/p>\n
In digging for facts, data, you need to be able to ask smart questions, in some sort of order, to give some ‘shape’ to the way a problem is perceived.<\/p>\n
Going back to Sherlock, one of the extremely useful observations captured the essence of Occam’s razor, when he said ‘ When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth’<\/i><\/p>\n
It is our job as leaders, to get at the truth, and communicate that truth widely, in a manner that it is clearly understood, and able to be acted on. So, the essential lesson, is to ask good questions.<\/p>\n
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