This is way less boring than the title sounds. Shockley managed a team at Bell Labs and wanted to understand the factors that led to high productivity in terms of publishing papers. The insights are noteworthy. | learn more
“Confidence cannot be faked. You can fake and manufacture motivation, excitement, or even passion at the moment. Unlike motivation and other emotional states which are more surface level, confidence is deeper and more subconscious.” | learn more
“The idea is that you have to enter only a small amount of data and everything else is calculated automatically.” | learn more
Do you remember learning about the strategy for root cause analysis that involves asking why five times? Don’t get carried away with this tool. Click the link for great reasoning and examples. | learn more
This is a wonderful post from entrepreneur-turned-VC Mark Suster about making board meeting more impactful. If you participate on boards at any level, this is valuable info. | learn more
From Seth Godin: “It’s difficult to get someone (a client, a boss, a voter, a partner) to say those three words. Difficult to say on our own behalf, too. Which is why we so easily get stuck.” | learn more
“Writing well is hard, but Steven Pinker managed to boil the essentials down to just 13 tweet-length tips.” | learn more
“Psychologists have found two persuasion tactics that work. But put them together and the magic is lost.” | learn more
The author of this post shares an interesting, and probably useful, protocol for delivering sticky feedback with tact. After discussing this with a friend, we both notice a challenge with using any sort of protocol in a real conversation. After […]
Harvard Business Review educates readers on the benefits of reframing problems before jumping into solutions. They offer a great example of why to do this in the ‘slow elevator problem’. And they also give strategies for ‘how’ to reframe. |learn more