Squid #19 - Uninformed Opinions

This week, we're tackling a topic that's increasingly relevant in today's world Peter feels: The danger of uninformed opinions.Opinion is the medium between knowledge and ignorance – Plato.Opinion has caused more trouble on this little earth than plagues or earthquakes – Voltaire.But that is only Plato’s and Voltaire’s opinion of course, the question is whether they were both either informed or uniformed? It is about the importance of speaking from real knowledge, especially in a world where opinions can be hugely and rapidly amplified through various platforms - #socialmediaDAS and Peter explore this topic that is (it becomes apparent after the recording) very similar to the infamous lost squid episode (how did that happen…).As usual DAS tries to put together a list and Peter goes off-piste talking about airline travel in the 1970s.

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Unscripted musings on business life, leadership, creativity, transformation and all the myriad of other work-life events that get in the way of a good night's sleep. The Squid of Despair is a conceptual summation of what can go wrong, and often does, with mind-mapping or other creative techniques. Born out of an idea for a book back in 2010, David and Peter have now made this mythical beast rise once again, phoenix like (from under the ocean waves, so a bit soggy probably), to explore all matters relating to 'business life, leadership, creativity, transformation and all the myriad of other work-life events that get in the way of a good night’s sleep' in the form of an unusual podcast