Knowledge And Doubt

Wisdom means acting with knowledge while doubting what you know.  It entails striking a balance between arrogance (assuming you know more than you do) and insecurity (believing that you know too little to act).  It requires asking for help and asking questions, as well as giving help and answering questions.  With an attitude of wisdom, managers can do things now, but still keep learning along the way.
—    Jeffrey Pfeffer and Robert I. Sutton
[Quoted from the Stanford Social Innovation Review, Spring 2006
The article is titled:  “Act On Facts, Not Faith“
It can be found online at:  http://www.ssireview.org/articles/entry/act_on_facts_not_faith/
—    kmab]
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