"One must treat theory-in-use as both a psychological certainty and an intellectual hypothesis."

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Source : Chris Argyris, Donald A. Schön (1974). “Theory in practice: increasing professional effectiveness”, Jossey-Bass

Chris Argyris

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“Fairness is actually not having presumptive negativity written about you and always assuming the worst about you.”
“The world is complex, and so too must be the activities that we perform. But that doesn't mean that we must live in continual frustration. No. The whole point of human-centered design is to tame complexity, to turn what would appear to be a complicated tool into one that fits the task, that is understandable, usable, enjoyable.”
“I'm very fast on teaching guys. Like, when I came over here, I only had two rehearsals with the band. I wondered when I first got here... but it sure came up great.”
“It matters enormously to a successful democratic society like ours that we have three branches of government, each with some independence and some control over the other two. Thats set out in the Constitution.”
“Watteau is no less an artist for having painted a fascia board while Sainsbury's is no less effective a business for producing advertisements which entertain and educate instead of condescending and exploiting.”
“The only thing about a man that is a man . . . is his mind. Everything else you can find in a pig or a horse.”
“Kazemi has to understand that nobody is going to tell him he has to go back to Iran if he misses a shot.”
“If a rise in wages does not raise prices, a fall will not reduce them.”

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