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And there were a vastly larger number of Ostwals that suffered the same amount, and never succeeded. Successful revolutionaries are statistical outliers, almos

• kranner 16y ago
  This is an unfalsifiable platitude unless you have data to back it up. And do you have to be a revolutionary to be successful? Is it impossible to go about things in a calm and rational manner that minimizes damage to self, and succeed? I'm not knocking Ostwal because I do not know his circumstances, but surely this is not true for all possible cases. This founder-as-martyr syndrome probably discourages a lot of possible inventors from trying things in cheap, accessible ways that may lead to something big.
  • skmurphy 16y ago
    "All reform comes from below. No man with four aces howls for a new deal." John F. Parker in "If Elected I Promise" "The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man." George Bernard Shaw Two other models for fostering change are "Appreciative Inquiry" and "Amplify Positive Deviance" See http://www.skmurphy.com/blog/2009/12/15/early-customer-conversations-use-appreciative-inquiry-and-amplify-positive-deviance/ http://www.skmurphy.com/blog/2009/12/15/early-customer-conve...