I’ll admit occasionally having a laugh at the expense of the management consulting industry. Reading The Firm (affiliate link) about McKinsey & Co shed a lot of light on its origins. This short post, originally a comment elsewhere, explains the key ways […]
This HBR article highlights interesting findings that show people have lower intrinsic motivation when they feel like they’re working during personal time. Interestingly, simply re-framing the time as work time, for example by telling yourself “People usually use weekends to […]
“Wisdom is earned, not given. When other people give us the answer, it belongs to them and not us. While we might achieve the outcome we desire, it comes from dependence, not insight.” | learn more
Real-time brainstorming has a handful of known challenges that limit its effectiveness. Tom Tunguz writes: “Remote work changes this for brainstorming meetings and collaboration broadly defined. The secret is Google Docs.” | learn more
In contrast to the “straw man” technique for debating the weakest part of an argument, the “steel man” requires first restating the opposing argument in its strongest form before debating against it. | learn more
“You’ve likely heard the saying: “A jack of all trades is a master of none.” … It may surprise you to learn there’s actually an extended version: “A jack of all trades is a master of none, but oftentimes better […]
“After many years of being a very vocal advocate for the OKR (Objectives and Key Results) technique, in the majority of companies I meet, I have stopped recommending the practice.” | learn more
A short blog post with some examples of Jacobi’s maxim in action. | learn more
“Using 2-week challenges, I finally began succeeding with habits and long-term goals.” I have not tried this yet but am sharing it to remind myself that I’ve been stagnant on habit-building for a while. | learn more
I learned of this from Annie Duke’s book Thinking in Bets (review coming eventually) then googled for more detail. The short version: when considering a decision, think about how you will feel about it in 10 minutes, 10 months and 10 years. | learn […]