HW07: Paradigm Video Worksheet
| Name: | Date: | EGR 186- |
You are about to view Joel Barker’s presentation, “The New Business of Paradigms” (streaming through Bb Learn).
As you view the video, the answers to the following questions.
- What is a paradigm?
[your response]
- How do paradigms influence our thinking and decision making?
[your response]
- Why do we become blinded to new ideas?
[your response]
- Give three examples that were used in the tape to illustrate how people were blinded by their paradigms.
[your response]
- How can we overcome being paralyzed by our paradigms?
[your response]
- In the video Mr. Barker states: “You can chose to change your paradigm”. How might this statement apply to you as an engineering student? In what ways do paradigms influence your way of thinking?
[your response]
