Namaste, Welcome to SAM-VAD (Together In Conversation), where we try to draw your attention to things that matter and why is that? Because ‘let us remember this again, ‘What we give our Attention to matters.’ Our life’s experience would ultimately amount to whatever we had paid attention to. Attention: is as fundamental as food; and we go blundering about, seeking ways to assuage the craving, instead of learning how to provide ourselves with what we need, sensibly and calmly. Once our attention is drawn to the mechanism of why and what we give attention to, it is as if a veil has been stripped off and we become freer in our action and choices. And that is our endavour. This week I bring to your attention another excerpt which we have titled – Trial and Error from the book titled ‘Uncharted’ – How to Map the Future Together by Margaret Heffernan. In her bold and invigorating new book, Margaret Heffernan explores the individuals, organizations and mindsets that aren’t daunted by uncertainty but seize the challenge of making the future for them-selves and explores answers to these questions, how can we think about the future? What do we need to do – and who do we need to be?  Trial and Error You could say that experiments are how we learn everything. We try to stand up, fall over; recalibrate and next time find we can teeter for a second or two. Keep at it and mastery emerges. Misbehave and feedback provides evidence that throwing food is a poor means of securing affection. That life, work, love, politics are more complex than rules-bound games makes experiments more valuable, not less. They allow us to see how the systems we inhabit operate. Since we can’t see the whole of complex systems at once, trial and error is how we probe them to find out what works. The key quality of experiments is that we don’t know what will happen; if we did know, they wouldn’t be experiments. So they both spring from uncertainty and are a creative response to it. Excerpt from ‘Uncharted’ by Margaret Heffernan I am sure that you will enjoy reading this book; you can buy your copy from the following link: http://www.mheffernan.com/book-uncharted.php        Enjoy reading it with your family, friends and near and dear one’s. Namaste! a class="a2a_button_linkedin" href="https://www.addtoany.com/add_to/linkedin?linkurl=https%3A%2F%2Fqsconsultants.