[Weekly Retro] Lateral thinking

# 16 - Sep.2023

Happy Friday!

Here is a quick idea before you head off for the weekend:

Lateral thinking generates creative solutions. These are questions that we can ask frequently to promote this type of thinking:

• What if [fill in an alternative]?
• What makes us believe [statement] is true?
• What other fields can teach us about this problem?
• What metaphor can we use to simplify the understanding of this problem?
• Has a different industry solved already a similar problem?
• What are the first principles behind the constraints we are facing?

Interesting links I found during this week:

• Illustrated Guide to Transformers Neural Network: A step by step explanation
• How to Avoid the Churn That Comes with Agility

Book I'm reading:

• The Remembered Future/El futuro recordado by Irene Vallejo

Quote of the week:

"The only way to deep happiness is to do something you love to the best of your ability." - Richard Feynman