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Letters to a Young Manager


The Kobayashi Maru Test, #364
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Please note that this letter is in-process; the following are my notes

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The Star Trek cadet test "to describe a no-win scenario, or a solution that involves redefining the problem and testing one's character." Maybe a good story to teach failure and lessons learned

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kobayashi_Maru
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References...

Takeaways:

A no-win situation is an opportunity to learn from failure

Discussion Questions:

1. What Kobayashi Maru dilemmas have you seen in organizations?
2. How did James Kirk solve the problem? Did he cheat?

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