Dave Trott wrote an article titled Demotivational Management. Continue reading “Demotivational Management”
The Power of Avoiding Stupidity
Farnam Street published an article titled Inversion and The Power of Avoiding Stupidity.
« Spending time thinking about the opposite of what you want doesn’t come naturally to most people. And yet [many] of the smartest people in history, have done this naturally. » Continue reading “The Power of Avoiding Stupidity”
A Guide to Smarter Decisions and Reducing Errors
Farnam Street published an article titled Decision Making: A Guide to Smarter Decisions and Reducing Errors.
« What distinguishes consistently good decision makers from poor ones is a series of diverse mental frameworks and tools (as well as relevant specific information). » Continue reading “A Guide to Smarter Decisions and Reducing Errors”
Corporate governance is about checks and balances
Alastair Thomson wrote an article about corporate governance titled Checks and balances…they’re a feature not a bug. Continue reading “Corporate governance is about checks and balances”
Seeing the Big Picture vs Pixels
Dave Trott wrote an article titled Big Picture vs. Pixels.
« The big picture was to keep the ship safe, not to keep the binoculars safe. But the people in charge couldn’t see the big picture, only their little picture. » Continue reading “Seeing the Big Picture vs Pixels”
Young People Are Going to Save Us All From Office Life
Claire Cain Miller and Sanam Yar wrote a New York Times article titled Young People Are Going to Save Us All From Office Life.
« When Pew Research Center asked which work arrangement would be most helpful to people, young people were more likely than older people to say the flexibility to choose when they worked. Of people 18 to 29, men were more likely than women to say it, and people without children at home were as likely as parents to say it. » Continue reading “Young People Are Going to Save Us All From Office Life”
73% of the UK workforce claim to feel disengaged
Lizzie Benton wrote an article for SME Magazine titled 5 Simple Ways to Tell Your Team Are Disengaged.
« In the UK alone disengaged employees cost organisations an estimated £52 billion per year in lost productivity, and with recent reports from Gallup that 73% of the UK workforce claim to feel disengaged, it’s no surprise that many organisations want to turn the tide on the disengagement data. » Continue reading “73% of the UK workforce claim to feel disengaged”
Brainstorming and divergent thinking
Amy Nauiokas wrote an article for Quartz titled We’ve Been Structuring Brainstorm Sessions All Wrong.
“Rather than encouraging convergent thinking, as traditional brainstorm sessions do, the goal should be to encourage divergent thinking: the practice of finding new ways to look at a problem and generating multiple solutions. In divergent thinking, the emphasis isn’t to agree on the best idea—it’s to get as far away as possible from the most obvious answer.” Continue reading “Brainstorming and divergent thinking”
Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World
David Epstein, author of Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World, wrote an article for Forge titled Today’s World Calls for Range, not Specialization. Continue reading “Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World”
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