Inefficiency is Robust

The Efficiency Myth

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The more we allow machines, data and numbers to think for us, the less we think for ourselves. It’s time to build human skills before we lose our ability to function in an unpredictable world.

We are huge fans of the work of Margaret Heffernan. She is a big, bold thinker with a gift for making sense of a complicated world. This TED Talk will speak to you if you are:

  • Determined to make your organization more efficient
  • Curious about how inefficiency can be robust
  • Trying to predict the future
  • Afraid of the impact AI is having on human skills
  • Trying to measure everything
  • In search of ideas on how to better navigate what has become a complicated world