See the original post here. The post describes an interview with a birder and a doctor. They discuss similarities between pattern recognition in bird identification, medical diagnosis and business. Here’s an insightful quote:
HBR: Can you describe how you begin to identify patterns? In business pattern recognition still seems to be more of an art than a science.
Sibley:
Pattern finding in birding is scientific in the sense that it is very deductive. I’m aware that there are patterns out there…and I try to fit my observations to patterns. It’s like making hypotheses and then testing them.
ThinkingAnalytically discussion starters:
- How is pattern finding in your business more like an art or more like a science?
- Do you tend to create a hypothesis then look for patterns to prove it…or…do you tend to gather patterns then develop a hypothesis that explains the patterns?
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