"When I was doing my vacuum cl"We're taught to do things the right way. But if you want to discover something that other people haven't, you need to do things the wrong way... When I was doing my vacuum cleaner, I started out trying a conventionally shaped cyclone, the kind you see in textbooks. But we couldn't separate the carpet fluff and dog hairs and strands of cotton in those cyclones. It formed a ball inside the cleaner or shot out the exit and got into the motor. I tried all sorts of shapes. Nothing worked. So then I thought I'd try the wrong shape, the opposite of conical. And it worked"- Sir James Dyson
Second rogue characteristic from the article is Wrong-Thinking
I love the line.. you need to do things the wrong way. It is permission to turn your thinking upside down and produce an unconventional result. If everyone is doing A, followed by B, followed by C, maybe that is the way they have been instructed to do. Maybe they are doing it without thinking?
As Dyson illustrates, he understood the right way to think through his problem BUT it was not producing a satisfying result. Only when he turned to something that intuitively seemed wrong that he found the answer. He has to disagree with his own belief(s).
As the old saying goes, "When no one disagrees, then no one is thinking"
Today's question is:
"Do you allow yourself to do things the wrong way to discover the new way"
Second rogue characteristic from the article is Wrong-Thinking
I love the line.. you need to do things the wrong way. It is permission to turn your thinking upside down and produce an unconventional result. If everyone is doing A, followed by B, followed by C, maybe that is the way they have been instructed to do. Maybe they are doing it without thinking?
As Dyson illustrates, he understood the right way to think through his problem BUT it was not producing a satisfying result. Only when he turned to something that intuitively seemed wrong that he found the answer. He has to disagree with his own belief(s).
As the old saying goes, "When no one disagrees, then no one is thinking"
Today's question is:
"Do you allow yourself to do things the wrong way to discover the new way"
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