March 2012
29 posts
“Mr. Harris, how do you explain the flops?” Jed Harris laughed. “That’s the wrong...”
– Writing Wednesdays: The Fruits of our Labors
February 2012
19 posts
“…you don’t get to be part of the success narrative unless you were...”
– Seth Godin
1 tag
“It isn’t a question of strategy, it’s a question of whether we can...”
– Rishad Tobaccowala at #rewk2012
“Form is simple. We don’t have to think, we only have to repeat what we are...”
– Adizes via @josh_dix
“Any job that can be measured for productivity probably should be eliminated from...”
– Kevin Kelly via @the99percent
“We say we waste time, but that is impossible. We waste ourselves.”
– Alice Bloch via @micahyost
“Finding elements of good does not equal a noble purpose. It’s just...”
– http://blog.startwithwhy.com/refocus/2012/02/purpose-can-not-be-rationalized.html
“Online education can do the “deliver content” job and free teachers...”
– @claychristensen via @rjs
“Forming a career goal based on your passion can be romantic, but it assumes an...”
– @quixotic via @johnmaeda
“People don’t buy what you sell. They buy results of what they can achieve...”
– @splove1
“I admire people who *really* know how to spend their time - and have the guts to...”
– Scott Belsky
“I worry, for example, that in our rush to champion “authenticity,” our...”
– @mikefoster via @lukasnaugle
1 tag
“Design Thinking is a discipline that uses the designer’s sensibility and methods...”
– Tim Brown of IDEO
“What you measure is what gets accomplished.”
– Gordon Bethune via @josh_dix
3 tags
Delegate More (Without Hiring)
It happens to the best of us. You go into work early planning on being super productive (at least before everyone else arrives) and then noon arrives. Taking stock of the morning, you realize you that some combination of clicks (in your email) and comments (to coworkers) absorbed your entire morning with no direct result. It stands to reason that your morning could have been used more effectively,...
“A man who wants to lead the orchestra must turn his back on the crowd.”
– Max Lucado via @the99percent