If you go to work just to put food on the table and pay rent, you should try to maintain the balance. No need to do overtimes for free if you do something that does not fulfill you. But if… Read More »Work-life vs. Career-life balance
“In Soviet Russia there is a story of a shoe factory that was pressured to increase production, as measured by quantity of shoes produced. However, the factory was a bit short on materials. So to increase production, the factory decided… Read More »Recommended Read: Soviet Shoe Factory Principle
Small mistakes are easy to catch and fix. A tax collector will sooner notice one person not filing papers for two jobs than a big corporation messing their taxes. Small mistakes are not unimportant. But if we only focus on… Read More »Small mistakes are easy to catch
Everything in our lives was once new. And we resisted. Some things stuck, and now they became the new normal. It was not new to us anymore, it was how it is. Even more, how it always was. People are… Read More »New Thing vs. New Normal
[Coaching for Leaders] 717: A Key Tactic for Way Better Conversations, with Alison Wood Brooks #coachingForLeadershttps://podcastaddict.com/coaching-for-leaders/episode/190970466 via @PodcastAddict
“Up until recently, the industry was pretty stagnant. We had been relying on outdated ideas like “ready for market,” “finished product,” and “works reasonably well.” We were all stuck selling products that broke only after a few years. Now, we’re… Read More »Recommended Read: Our Customers Demand Terrible AI Systems
You have to go to the front lines once in a while if you do not want to be completely lost. Information gets diluted, changed, misinterpreted and over time this accumulates. Your decisions will be too of overtime if you… Read More »Working on the lines
Sometimes all you have to do is say something. And a lot of people will agree. But if you have not said it, they would have said nothing. This is also a form of leadership.
“Frustration tolerance is more than patience. It’s almost a requirement for navigating the convoluted workings of corporate structures without losing sight of objectives.” https://www.leadingsapiens.com/frustration-tolerance