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Melissa DinwiddieThe Power of Reverse Thinking: Start with the Opposite One of the challenges I deliberately set for myself—whether in doodling, music, or creative problem-solving—is to begin with the opposite of my natural instinct. In this doodle, I started by creating a containing shape around the edge of the paper—completely contrary to my usual approach. Then I asked myself: “What next?” The answer came from improv’s golden rule: “Yes, and...” When creating spontaneous, improvisational abstract art (yes, even simple doodles count!), my only job is to accept and build upon whatever “offers” I’ve already made. Each line becomes an invitation for the next. What fascinates me about starting with the opposite of my usual pattern is how consistently it leads to delightful surprises. The unfamiliar beginning forces new neural pathways and unexpected results. For doodles, the success metrics are refreshingly simple: Does it delight me? Is it surprising? But this reverse thinking technique extends far beyond art. In business and innovation, our habitual approaches often blind us to breakthrough possibilities. Starting with the opposite assumption can reveal untapped opportunities and fresh solutions to persistent challenges. Where in your work could you benefit from flipping your typical starting point? What “opposite approach” might unlock a solution you’ve been missing? Ready to discover how reverse thinking could transform your business challenges? Book an Innovation Strategy Session with me this month and let’s explore your unique opportunities together. 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Todd A. Jacobs | Pragmatic Cybersecurity<a href="https://mastodon.social/@elementary" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@elementary</a> tl;dr I support your objectives, and kudos on the goal, but I think you should monitor this new policy for unexpected negative outcomes. I take about 9k characters to explain why, but I’m not criticizing your intent.While I am much more pragmatic about my stance on <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/aicoding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#aicoding</a> this was previously a long-running issue of contention on the <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/StackExchange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#StackExchange</a> network that was never really effectively resolved outside of a few clearly egregious cases.The triple-net is that when it comes to certain parts of software—think of the SCO copyright trials over header files from a few decades back—in many cases, obvious code will be, well…obvious. That “the simplest thing that could possibly work” was produced by an AI instead of a person is difficult to prove using existing tools, and false accusations of plagiarism have been a huge problem that has caused a number of people real <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/reputationalharm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#reputationalharm</a> over the last couple of years.That said, I don’t disagree with the stance that <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/vibecoding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#vibecoding</a> is not worth the pixels that it takes up on a screen. From a more pragmatic standpoint, though, it may be more useful to address the underlying principle that <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/plagiarism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#plagiarism</a> is unacceptable from a community standards or copyright perspective rather than making it a tool-specific policy issue.I’m a firm believer that people have the right to run their community projects in whatever way best serves their community members. I’m only pointing out the pragmatic issues of setting forth a policy where the likelihood of false positives is quite high, and the level of pragmatic enforceability may be quite low. That is something that could lead to reputational harm to people and the project, or to community in-fighting down the road, when the real policy you’re promoting (as I understand it) is just a fundamental expectation of “original human contributions” to the project.Because I work in <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/riskmanagement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#riskmanagement</a> and <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/cybersecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cybersecurity</a> I see this a lot. This is an issue that comes up more often than you might think. Again, I fully support your objectives, but just wanted to offer an alternative viewpoint that your project might want to revisit down the road if the current policy doesn’t achieve the results that you’re hoping for. In the meantime, I certainly wish you every possible success! You’re taking a <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/thoughtleadership" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#thoughtleadership</a> stance on an important <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/AIgovernance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AIgovernance</a> policy issue that is important to society and to <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/FOSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FOSS</a> right now. I think that’s terrific!

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Julia Karmaz LarsenLeader of the Future (from the first book of the trilogy "The Touch Points")Think before acting...<a href="https://www.juliakarmazlarsen.dk/leader-of-the-future/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.juliakarmazlarsen.dk/leader-of-the-future/</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SustainableDevelopment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SustainableDevelopment</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ThoughtLeadership" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ThoughtLeadership</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BusinessIntelligence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BusinessIntelligence</a>

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