@book{6d8802c3a7ed4d1ea22b4f3d9f047da4,
title = "Dismantling: The Box of Preconceptions",
abstract = "Preconceptions have been defined as being ideas formed in advance before one can possibly know or form a reliable opinion. The limiting influence of preconceptions is summarized in a variety of phrases such as: to a hammer, everything looks like a nail; we do not see things as they are, we see them as we are; believing is seeing. Preconceptions can lead to people seeing a wide variety of many new situations as being much the same as a few old situations. As a result, people can continually make recurring judgements about new situations that they per-ceive to be the same as old situations. In this publication, resources are provided for {"}dismantling the box{"} of preconceptions. All of these have been developed in accordance with findings and theories from scientific research. In addition, they have been field trialled successfully.",
keywords = "preconceptions, bias, ideation, innovation",
author = "Stephen Fox and P{\"a}ivi Vahala",
year = "2016",
language = "English",
series = "VTT Technology",
publisher = "VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland",
number = "271",
address = "Finland",
}