“The 6 Steps That We Use For Hypothesis-Driven Development”
January 31, 2023
Originally posted in our January 2023 Top of Mind Newsletter. As we step out to find our own paths toward fulfillment, we often find that to achieve our goal; we need to think of others. Often, finding problems to solve is the bread and butter of entrepreneurial activity. But, guidance entrepreneurs receive often focuses on solutions and fundraising rather than understanding the complexity of problems or the perspectives of those who face them. There is another…
Read more“Follow the Dark Horse”
Originally posted in our January 2023 Top of Mind Newsletter. When we study everyday, “underdog” entrepreneurs, we find that there are few true traits that unify them. Instead, these dark horses, as Harvard Lecturer Todd Rose calls them, are working tirelessly to reach fulfillment. “Find out what motivates you and stay close to that…we spend a lot of time telling children what they should care about and very little time helping them discover that for themselves.…
Read more“Humility in Design May Be Hubris in Science: Reflections on the Problem of Slodderwetenschap (Sloppy Science)”
December 21, 2022
Originally posted in our December 2022 Top of Mind Newsletter. Our final resource to share in 2022 focuses on the influence of human-centered design on science and policy and how this can sometimes be at odds with a genuinely scientific approach. So why is the ELI team thinking about scientific inquiry, you might ask? Simply put, the entrepreneurial discovery process, in many ways, overlaps with the scientific method. And with this overlap comes a similar tendency…
Read more“Does growth mindset matter? The debate heats up”
Originally posted in our December 2022 Top of Mind Newsletter. Long-time followers of ELI’s work will know the importance of developing a growth mindset on the path to learning to think like an entrepreneur. However, as the idea has gained more traction in mainstream education, new research has been done to test the efficacy of the model. In one meta-analysis, a “ team…led by Jeni Burnette, a psychologist at North Carolina State University, found that the…
Read more“Antifragility: How to use suffering to get stronger | Jonathan Haidt & more”
Originally posted in our December 2022 Top of Mind Newsletter. Glass is fragile, and plastic is resilient, but some systems and functions require stress testing to get stronger. From our muscles and bones to our immune systems, many human systems fit into the “what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger” paradigm. Nassim Taleb coined the term “antifragility” to define this tendency in humans. It goes beyond persistence or even resiliency and, in many ways, interconnects with…
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