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Being naive simply means that we reject received wisdom that something is a problem. We are always naive relative to some definition of the situation, and if we try to become less so, we may accept a definition that confines the definition of small wins to narrower issues than is necessary.

Karl E. Weick

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Karl E. Weick
Age: 88
Born: 1936
Born: October 31
Psychologist
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Warsaw
Indiana
Karl Edward Weick
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