Opinion stasis

There are people who cling to their opinions, even in the face of mounting evidence against them. They dig in and fortify their intellectual structures.

We hear from these people every day.

There are others who are perfectly happy to change their minds when new evidence comes along. They have what psychologist and organizational behavior expert Karl Weick calls "hunches held lightly". Life is one experiment after another.

It's good to have ideas and policies and processes and standards. These mark a mind at work.

But nothing good ever came from stasis.