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In Don Norman’s terms design is comprised of [[affordance]]s, [[signifier]]s, [[mapping]] and [[feedback]], a taxonomy of which the design of legal products seems utterly ignorant.
*[[Know your purpose]]
*[[Know your purpose]]
*[[Assume there will be accidents]]: The role of the risk manager is to know where the risks are concentrated, not to be satisfied there are no risks. If your [[RAG status]] has been uniformly green at every [[opco]] for the last ten years you should [[get your coat]]. Because either there ''is no'' [[risk]], so what are you even doing chairing an [[opco]], or you are flat-out delusional, so someone ''else'' is needed.   
*[[Assume there will be accidents]]: The role of the risk manager is to know where the risks are concentrated, not to be satisfied there are no risks. If your [[RAG status]] has been uniformly green at every [[opco]] for the last ten years you should [[get your coat]]. Because either there ''is no'' [[risk]], so what are you even doing chairing an [[opco]], or you are flat-out delusional, so someone ''else'' is needed.   
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*[[Automation eliminates value but not risk]]
*[[Automation eliminates value but not risk]]
*[[Solve simple problems]]. Like [[Blind spot assistance]]. Leave the hard stuff to the experts.
*[[Solve simple problems]]. Like [[Blind spot assistance]]. Leave the hard stuff to the experts.
===Antifragile===
===[[Antifragile]]===
*[[Be sceptical of models]]  ↔  [[Don’t tick boxes]]  ↔  watch out for proxies. Don't confuse simplistic models with simplicity.
*[[Be sceptical of models]]  ↔  [[Don’t tick boxes]]  ↔  watch out for proxies. Don't confuse simplistic models with simplicity.
*[[Decomplicate]]  ↔  [[reduce complexity]]: do few things well, rather than everything fairly.
*[[Decomplicate]]  ↔  [[reduce complexity]]: do few things well, rather than everything fairly.
*[[Be antifragile]]
*[[Be antifragile]]
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*{{br|The Design of Everyday Things}}
*[[Blind spot assistance]]
*[[Blind spot assistance]]

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