When more variability is better

from How to come up with good ideas

Variation in quality is not a bad thing.

• The greater the variation, the more ideas above 90 points.

Variation in quality is not a good either.

• The greater the variation, the more ideas that fail below 60 points.

Line to be crossed

• 60 points or more is good 90 points or more is good

• The good and bad of the variation depends on the line to be crossed.

• Which situation are you in now?

• blind spot card 47

Pass if above the line" is step function.

• With a non-linear function like this, changing the decentralization can make it better or worse, even if the average remains the same.
• Most things in the world are nonlinear

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