# Never assume always test #permanentnote ## Source - [[my brain]] - [[book - Never Split the difference]] - [[book - Creativity Inc]] ## Keywords (topics and howto) - [[topic - learning to learn]] - [[topic - information management]] - [[topic - mentoring, advising and coaching]] - [[how to be a better leader]] - [[how to be a better advisor]] ## Relevant notes - [[zt - let them lead]] as this is a form of test on people's capabilities. - [[zt - managing mistakes]] after testing mistakes are going to happen - use [[zt - socratic questions]] to test people's views - [[zt - we see based on our narrative]] so don't be limited - [[zt - chief simplification officer]] ## Notes - It is always worth testing as much as possible and learn from it. If talking with people, it is good to test people's ideas too instead of putting words in their mind. - Use assumptions as hypotheses to be tested during the negotiation/conversation. Do not commit to them until proven. - experiments are fact finding missions [[book - Creativity Inc]] - When experimentation is seen as a necessity and productive, ot as a frustrating waste of time, people will enjoy their work, even when it is confonding them - Unless an idea cannot be proven wrong by a fact it is not scientific