The inductive vs deductive Anti-pattern

An anti-pattern i watch out for in pxd teams is when the source and reasoning for insights starts shifting towards majorly inductive vs deductive.

A healthy mix is always welcome.

Examples and giveaways

  • Teams start making broad sweeping generalizations from small evidence
  • Not enough experimentation to test the validation of the said generalizations
  • Counter examples are either absent or ignored

The last one is key.