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THE LOVE STORY OF AN ETERNAL FAILURE:
2388 YEARS OF REPEATING
THE SAME MISSTAKE
Stefan Wendin for Monkeyshot – Michiel Meekels Antwerpen 2018 02 20
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•Global Speaker & Thought Leader
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Co:LabX
ABOUT
We make it simple to start doing something a bit differently.
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"In theory there is no difference between
theory and practice. In practice there is."
– Yogi Berra / Jan L. A. van de Snepscheut
ABOUT
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SCHOOLSORGANISATIONS BOARDS
ABOUT: LAST MONTHS CLIENTS
For the belief that there is only one truth and
that oneself is in possession of it, seems to me
the deepest root of all that is evil in the world.
― Max Born
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PARALLEL TRUTHS
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TECHNOLOGY IMPACT
If the automobile industry have made the same progress as
the computer industry during the last fifty years?
HOW MUCH/MANY “CAR(S)”
WOULD YOU GET FOR 1 € AND
HOW FAR WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO
TRAVEL WITH THEM IN A SECOND
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TECHNOLOGY IMPACT
10000 CARS THAT ON A SECOND
COULD TRAVEL MORE THEN 7,5 LAPS
AROUND THE GLOBE
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THE EXPOSITION
UNIVERSELLE OF 1900
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TECHNOLOGY IMPACT
That was the most stupid thing I have ever heard…
It will Never work…
It’s too expensive…
It takes way to long (people have been taking about this forever)…
HA HA HA
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THE EXPOSITION
UNIVERSELLE OF 1900
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TECHNOLOGY IMPACT
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TECHNOLOGY IMPACT
TECHNOLOGY
Remove (or pause)
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TECHNOLOGY IMPACT
SO WHAT IS IT THAT WE SEE?
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METCALFE’S LAW
5-10
Metcalfe's law states that the value of a telecommunications network is proportional to the
square of the number of connected users of the system (n2). First formulated in this form
by George Gilder in 1993
15-10510-45
“Such is the paradox of the epidemic: that in
order to create one contagious movement, you
often have to create many small movements first.”
― Malcolm Gladwell, The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference
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PARADOX OF THE EPIDEMIC
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UNLEARN
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THE SINGLE PERSPECTIVE
A A R R R
Acquisition Activation Retention Referral Revenue
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AARRR
GROWTH HACKING | IT’S A MINDSET
Go to your users. Do one scalable thing, one person at a time. It’s actually so
simple, that’s the secret… that’s all you need to do.
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AARRR
Wow, that was quite amazing! I’m curious to know more and tell my friends about it
AHA, WOW & AHA AGAIN
A R R
Activation Retention Referral
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THE MILLION PERSPECTIVE
START THINKING ABOUT SERVING A
MILLION PEOPLE,
NOT MAKING A MILLION DOLLARS
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
1 2 4 8 16 32 64 128 256 512 1024 2048 4096 8192 16384 32768 65536 131072 262144 524288 1048576
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REMOVE FRICTION
THE LESS DESIGN YOU SEE, THE MORE DESIGN IT IS
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3 PRINCIPLES
MAKE IT VALUABLE
THEN EASY
THEN FAST
AND THEN PRETTY
Be honest and :
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ZERO FRICTION
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ZERO FRICTION
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ZERO FRICTION
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ZERO FRICTION
Regular
1000$/Year
Prime
1300$/Year
Echo
1700$/Year
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ZERO FRICTION
Leaky buckets don’t need more water,

they need their holes fixed
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AARRR
LEAKY BUCKET
0
7
Keeping customers Acquire new customers
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AARRR
7X TO ACQUIRE NEW CUSTOMERS
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UNLEARN
“A group needs only two things to be a tribe: a
shared interest and a way to communicate.”
― Seth Golden, Tribes: We Need You to Lead Us
World of Warcrafters, LARPers, Settlers of Catan?
Weird.
Beliebers, Swifties, Directioners?
Weirder.
Paleos, vegans, carb loaders, ovolactovegetarians?
Definitely weird.
Face it. We're all weird.
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WEIRD
Weird is the new normal.
INTERNET KILLED NORMAL
So why are companies still trying to build products
and/or communicate for the masses?
Why are we still acting like the masses even exist?
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WEIRD
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In a world where everything is made up, how can it be hard to be creative and innovate?
THE CREATIVITY PARADOX
CREATIVITY & INNOVATION
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FAIL
– Fred Luskin Oxford University
90% OF ALL
THOUGHTS ARE
REPETITIVE
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ADULTS: record numbers of teens are depressed,
we must find out why
TEENS: school is more stressful than ever, our
parents screwed over the economy, the earth is on
a path to total environmental destruction, and now
have to deal with actual fuckin nazis


ADULTS: it’s the iPhones isn’t it
FAIL
“This discovery of yours will create
forgetfulness in the learners’ souls, because
they will not use their memories,” 



“They will trust to the external written
characters and not remember of themselves.”
― Plato quotes Sokrates approximately 370 BC.
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FAIL
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FAIL
370 BC 2018
2388 YEARS OF REPEATING THE SAME MISSTAKE.
WHEN WILL
WE LEARN?
How do you celebrate when you fail?
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FAIL
Evolution forged the entirety of 

sentient life on this planet using 

only one tool: the mistake
― Dr. Robert Ford (Anthony Hopkins) Westworld
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FAIL
Entirety: the whole of something
Sentient: able to perceive or feel things
FAIL FAST
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FAIL
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LEARN FAST
– Plan for fail as a model of learning
– Don’t overcompensate
LEARN
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LEARN: ARTIFICIAL FLYING: THE FROST FLYING MACHINE:
– Mental model
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LEARN
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UNLEARN
Unlearning is not about forgetting.
It’s about the ability to choose an
alternative mental model or paradigm.
UNLEARN
LEARN: We add new skills or knowledge to what we already know.
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UNLEARN
Destin: The Backwards Brain Bicycle - Smarter Every Day 133
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UNLEARN
Destin: The Backwards Brain Bicycle - Smarter Every Day 133
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UNLEARN
Destin: The Backwards Brain Bicycle - Smarter Every Day 133
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UNLEARN
Destin: The Backwards Brain Bicycle - Smarter Every Day 133
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UNLEARN
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UNLEARN
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UNLEARN
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UNLEARN
Which scientist solved a decade old
HIV puzzle in ten days?
On Sep 2011
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MAGIC SAUCE
300% More Innovation (Hbr)
43% More Productivity (Hay Group)
37% Increase In Sales (Shawn Achor)
33% Higher Profitability (Gallup)
50% Less Safety Incidents (Babcock Marine Clyde)
51% Lower Personal Turnover (Gallup)
66% Lower Sick Leave (Forbes
125% Less Burnout (Hbr)
HAPPINESS
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THE PITSTOP
STEFAN WENDIN

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•FAIL - Learn from your misstakes and don’t overcompensate
•LEARN – Plan for fail as a model of learning
•UNLEARN – Unlearning is not about forgetting. It’s about the ability to choose an alternative mental model.
•5 MIN EVERYDAY FOR 8 MONTHS – A contagious movement consists of many small movements.
•THE CREATIVITY PARADOX – In a world where everything is made up, how can it be hard to be creative and
innovate?