"Being naive simply means that we reject received……" — Karl E. Weick
"Being naive simply means that we reject received wisdom that something is a problem. We are always naive relative to some definition of the situation, and if we try to become less so, we may accept a definition that confines the definition of small wins to narrower issues than is necessary."
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Karl E. Weick
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