He paraphrased and extrapolated the “incompleteness theorem” of the Austrian-American mathematician and philosopher Kurt Gödel to illustrate the inherent pitfalls of being in the position of a leader.Įvery system will contain a problem that cannot be solved from within the system itself. “Leaders are infected by the gravity of past success,” Kasparov cautioned. He said that companies such as Google and Apple were able to overtake the leaders because of their ability to see the big picture and to take risks. Kasparov noted that all of the comparisons featured companies that had once been market leaders that lost their grip on the top position, and those that later became leaders in the same markets. He compared the Wright Brothers, who engineered the first winged aircraft, with Boeing, the US multinational aviation company now-defunct data processing and computer pioneer Wang Labs with Toshiba early search engine AltaVista with today’s Google and Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia with Apple and its hugely popular iOS-based consumer products. Don’t forget the big pictureįor his next set of observations on strategy, the author and human rights activist invited participants to consider a number of well-known companies, past and present. Winners, not only losers, must therefore analyze past performances, as this is the key to progress and to improving in the next encounter. At the same time, human judgment is prone to inaccuracies due to a number of factors such as concentration or lack thereof, history, or habit. He said that the example supports the thesis that human intervention is required in mass computing to make sense of it. “Asking the right question helps us to find our way through the vast amount of information available online,” the chess master explained. Human intuition is also essential for astute decision making, as is the ability to pose the right questions Kasparov argued. Ask the right questions, analyze failures However, he noted that despite the best of battle plans, many crucial decisions are still made in the midst of crisis. The master strategist took listeners back to the middle ages to illustrate the strategy of forcing opponents to engage based on a particular set of circumstances.ĭuring those times, battle plans centered on the terrain at hand: cavalry were best suited to even plains, while archers would be deployed over mountainous terrain. “So the key to making good decisions is to understand yourself,” Kasparov counseled.Īs a result each individual’s personal substance dictates his or her personal style and approach to decision making. The strategic thinker told the attendees of the forum that chess is all about decision-making, and further, that decision-making is as unique and personal as an individual’s fingerprints or DNA. Decision-making is personalĭuring his address Kasparov touched on key aspects of strategy, including personality, circumstance, analyzing failure, looking at the big picture, risk taking and grasping opportunity to mold the future. During that time Kasparov pondered and committed to more than 89,000 moves on the chessboard. The veteran of the intellectual sport became the youngest chess master at the age of 22 in 1985 and remained at the pinnacle of the game for a further 20 years. Russian chess guru Garry Kasparov knows a thing or two about strategy. Speaking during Nordic Business Forum 2015, chess grandmaster Garry Kasparov used the example of the Finno-Russian war to illustrate that taking risks often pays off and ensures we don’t stand still. History has since shown that the risk was well worth it. Risks are often worth taking.īack in 1939, underdog Finland knew it was taking a terrible risk standing up to the vast power of the Soviet Union to defend its independence. The chess champion urged the crowd to become more self aware by learning from both victories and failures. Nordic Business Forum as a work-based project at Haaga-HeliaĬustomer service, NBF Team and Invoicing Details The Podcast That Empowers Leaders to Change the World. Read Our Latest Blog Posts & Company News Our latest event, held on September 20-21, 2022 in Helsinki. Two-day conference on 26-27 September 2023 in Oslo One-day conference on 29 September 2023 in Amsterdam More Information on NBF 2023 Partnership Opportunities Media accreditations, Press Releases, Photos, Logos, and Guidelines New ingenious talent, concepts, and perspectives.Įxperience Nordic Business Forum Remotely Two-day conference on 27-28 September 2023 in HelsinkiĪll the relevant information regarding your visit to Nordic Business Forum 2023
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