The unbounded mind: Breaking the chains of traditional business thinking

Rebuilding Evolution: A Service Science Perspective

“…On the other hand, wisdom connects with human values and stands the test of time and perspectives of multiple generations; wisdom connects to courage and not cowardice; wisdom does not control the narrative cosmetically or politically, but does suggest a higher purpose for our actions than individual selfishness or complete altruism [48]. Bostrom in his book "Superintelligence" writes about ethical artificial intelligences, and highlights the work of American artificial intelligence researcher Eliezer Yudkowsky, who writes about coherent extrapolated volition (CEV), timeless decision theory, and the complex value systems that may well be required to realize valuable futures [49][50]. In the area of cognitive computing, almost all the people of our society including doctors, physicians, patients, bankers, policymakers, tourists, customers, as well as community people greatly augmented by the cognitive mediators [14].…”

Decision support for water quality management of contaminants of emerging concern

“…To solve 'wicked' problems, a collectively accepted solution is required (Hocking et al, 2015). Therefore the main focus should be on the problem formulation, based on discussions with stakeholders, to incorporate their perspectives (Mitroff and Linstone, 1993;Shim et al, 2002) and to ensure that all relevant variables are included in the analysis (Shim et 1. The process of decision making goes together with a learning process (Salewicz and Nakayama, 2004).…”

Service Systems in Changing Paradigms: An Inquiry Through the Systems Sciences

“…In addition to appreciating quid pro quo monetary exchanges in the economy, broadening the perspective to include resources and ethos of social relations and institutions moves opens up the discipline of microeconomics to interactions in economic sociology (Swedberg 2003 A systemic approach to competence development and ignorance (Ing et al 2003) draws on the training of physicians in the College of Medical Ignorance (Witte et al 1998). The design of inquiring systems (Mitroff and Linstone 1993;Churchman 1971) sees knowledge generation -essential to development and innovation -as transformative in some situations more than others. While service engineers and service managers may be more comfortable with the knowable, service scientists and service designers may seek out creativity in the unknown and the sacred in an ecology of mind (Bateson 1972 (Katz and Kahn 1978) is foundational.…”