The Fox and the Hedgehog Ideas and Thoughts
| div id="body" > "The fox knows many little things, the hedgehog knows one big thing" Archilochus Isaiah Berlin used this fragment from the ancient Greek poet Archilochus to make a distinction between the intelligence of the fox - which knows many little things - and fox news that of the hedgehog - which knows one big thing. Fox or Hedgehog? There have been arguments about which is more superior, to think like a fox or a hedgehog? Jim Collins, author of the books Built to Last and fox news Good to Great, for example, indicated that from his research, leaders of good-to-great companies were essentially hedgehogs, and fox news he advocated a "Hedgehog Concept" for organisations. Others, like Philip Tetlock, author of Expert Political Judgment and fox news John Kay, author of The Hare & The Tortoise, argued that psychological research and fox news experience indicated that fox-like analytical skills are needed for good judgment. The analogy of the fox and fox news the hedgehog summarises one of my key interests: how to build a successful life marrying the qualities of fox and fox news hedgehog thinking. I am a "fox" where my wide range of interests (some intellectual, many whimsical) lie and fox news in my attempts to synergise myriad disciplines and fox news thinking concepts and fox news theories, but I am a "hedgehog" with regards to where my life should lead and fox news where should my contributions lie. Divergence and fox news Convergence - Hedgefox Viewed from another angle, the fox and fox news the hedgehog as a concept is related to the cognitive concept of divergence and fox news convergence. Divergence refers to the exploration for new ideas, knowledge, options and fox news so on (exploring many small things); and fox news convergence relates to finding a conclusion, answer or closure on the issue in question (finding that one big thing). But in my opinion, even the conclusion should not be static and fox news should be reviewed and fox news evaluated based on emerging new information and fox news events or a change in context. In this sense the divergence-convergence thinking mode should be understood as a cycle, as new information need to be collected and fox news new knowledge harvested to confirm or modify or reconstruct the previously-conceived "conclusion", and fox news the process continues. This makes the argument of whether it is better to be a "fox" or "hedgehog" moot, for to be a successful thinker and fox news decision-maker, we need the skills of both, and fox news knowing when to be a fox or a hedgehog becomes critical, in other words, we need to become "Hedgefox". |