A strategy of usefulness
Be 1) as useful as you can be,* 2) as often as you can be,** 3) to the people you want to be of use… Read More »A strategy of usefulness
Nested problems, nested solutions (8): the leadership and ownership problem
This is part of a series thinking through the different layers involved in solving real-world problems. It’s a sketch of ideas in process. The final… Read More »Nested problems, nested solutions (8): the leadership and ownership problem
Astro Teller on planning, experimentation and innovation
This extract is from another great interview on Exponential View with Azeem Azhar. Depending on how you count, [at Google X] maybe 1000 ideas turned… Read More »Astro Teller on planning, experimentation and innovation
Eliezer Yudkowsky on the planning fallacy
The planning fallacy is that people think they can plan, ha ha. A clue to the underlying problem with the planning algorithm was uncovered by… Read More »Eliezer Yudkowsky on the planning fallacy
Paul Graham on doing great work
The distinctive thing about people who do great work is not that they spend every waking hour working on things that matter. It’s that they… Read More »Paul Graham on doing great work
The Prize vs The Work
These things are prizes: Large amounts of money; Prestige; Medals and awards of all shapes and sizes; Universal recognition and adoration. It’s easy to focus… Read More »The Prize vs The Work
Living beyond urgent
There’s a great collection of old Seth Godin articles for Fast Company magazine. Here’s an extract from one I wish I’d successfully inhabited in 2019:… Read More »Living beyond urgent
Thomas Hobbes and Fatboy Slim on arithmetic and getting things done
When a man Reasoneth, hee does nothing else but conceive a summe totall, from Addition of parcels; or conceive a Remainder, from Substraction of one… Read More »Thomas Hobbes and Fatboy Slim on arithmetic and getting things done
Hands up
The majority of work we do is routine – it’s been done before, we know how to do it, and sooner or later it will… Read More »Hands up
Bo Burlingham on Small Giants (3): special places to work
Fifth, the companies also had what struck me as unusually intimate workplaces. They were, in effect, functional little societies that strove to address a broad… Read More »Bo Burlingham on Small Giants (3): special places to work