"analisamos os meios que temos e imaginamos futuros possíveis" (parte II)

Parte I.

"So, if we can't predict the future should you do?
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Create it.
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Instead of spending a lot of time thinking about what might happen in the face of uncertainty, entrepreneurs plunge in and see. In other words, instead of trying to predict the future, they create it.
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Act your way into a new way of thinking, instead of thinking your way into action."[Moi ici: Isto é "Act Like a Leader, Think Like a Leader" de Herminia Ibarra mas também "effectuation"]

Acerca da effectuation, li, recentemente, "Effectuation – The best theory of entrepreneurship you actually follow, whether you’ve heard of it or not":

"Effectuation is generally defined as a form of reasoning or problem solving which assumes the future is largely unpredictable, but that it can be controlled through human action. This is in stark contrast to another form of reasoning, Causality, which assumes the future is theoretically predictable based on prior events.
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entrepreneurs are indeed Effectual thinkers who start with a given set of Means and find new and different Ends, which are not necessarily pre-determined. Entrepreneurs in her studies follow the adage “If I can control the future, I do not need to predict it”.
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Bird in Hand Principle – Start with your means Entrepreneurs start with what they have: [Moi ici: Voltar à parte I!!!] Who they are, what they know and who they know
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Affordable Loss Principle – Set affordable loss...
entrepreneurs are more concerned with analyzing the down-side of their actions to manage their risk, which can often be accurately calculated – If they can afford the cost (of an experiment), they jump into the venture and if they can’t, they choose something else they can afford.
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Lemonade Principle – Leverage contingencies...
entrepreneurs must be flexible above all else, not recalcitrant – that entrepreneurs must expect to exploit the unexpected, not existing knowledge.
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Crazy-Quilt Principle – Form partnerships...
This principle basically encourages entrepreneurs to be networking machines – period.
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Just start with what you have, risk what you can afford, be open to pleasant surprises, and seek relationships with others"

E sim, também algo de Malcolm Gladwell em "David & Goliath":

"David’s opportunities: the occasions in which difficulties, paradoxically, turn out to be desirable. The lesson of the trickster tales is the third desirable difficulty: the unexpected freedom that comes from having nothing to lose. The trickster gets to break the rules.
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You see the giant and the shepherd in the Valley of Elah and your eye is drawn to the man with the sword and shield and the glittering armor. But so much of what is beautiful and valuable in the world comes from the shepherd, who has more strength and purpose than we ever imagine."

Nunca esquecerei o relato que Gladwell fez da luta dos Impressionistas. Lutaram, lutaram e lutaram, para fazer parte do mainstream da pintura francesa (legislada e tutelada pelo governo de França). Então, perceberam que não precisavam de fazer parte desse mundo, podiam criar o seu próprio mundo, com as suas próprias regras.

Trecho inicial retirado de "The Best Way to Predict the Future Is to Create It"