- Great things are done by a series of small things brought together – Van Gogh
- Even the largest avalanche is triggered by small things –Vernor Vinge
- You’ve got to think about big things while you’re doing small things so that all the small things go in the right direction –Alvin Toffler
- Men don’t pay attention to small things – Katherine Johnson
Because our usual habits make us ignore weak signals, we need to cultivate new habits that make it more likely we will notice them. These new habits can’t be automatic. They must involve reflective attention-not just attention to something that is there, but consideration of it’s meaning. Below is a list of techniques and concepts that I hope will aid you in seeing what is important, but almost not there:
- Surprise Can Point to Weak Signals
- Environmental Scanning for Weak Signals
- Tinkering and Bricolage to find Weak Signals Right Around You
- Learning About Weak Signals Through Safe-to-Fail Experiments
- Thinking of Weak Signals as Insurgencies
I’ll try to amplify each of these in the posts below.
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