Forbes October 7, 2024
We’ve been told that being knowledgeable and focused on everything we are trying to achieve is a prerequisite for success.
That is a misconception for human intelligence and paradoxically a must-have for artificial intelligence (AI).
Consider a matrix with two axes: Focus (general to specific) and Knowledge (general to specific), creating four quadrants that represent different cognitive modes.
Bottom-left quadrant fosters exploration:
Here, individuals or systems are best suited for exploration—allowing their minds to wander and discover new ideas or make novel associations. This is the realm of creativity, discovery, and innovation, where the lack of specific focus and deep knowledge allows for free-flowing insights.
Let’s consider a team tasked with generating new product ideas with little prior experience in...
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