Approach
The most interesting projects are those where we tie together the three tasks: problem modeling, group learning, and public communication. This kind of integrated engagement is both more efficient, as it amortizes the graphics over more functions, and more effective as it connects a thread through the problem, the problem solving team, and a wider audience (the solution implementors). This linkage results is better solutions, more engagement, and, ultimately, a higher probability of effective action. For example, lets look at how this might work for a strategic planning project: We might start by putting together a preliminary map of the strategic vision based on discussions with the organization's leaders, reading existing materials, and from a few days of additional research.
How to Use 43 Folders
A very simple guide to leaving here quickly so you can get back to making something awesome. Ask yourself… Why am I here right now instead of making something cool on my own? What’s the barrier to me starting that right now? This is not an insult or put-down. It’s a useful question.
Ideas: Strategic Mapping
A good model of your problem can help you both find and implement effective solutions. First, visual models can help you think through your problem creatively and comprehensively. Second, a good visual story can empower you to communicate your ideas in a clear and compelling way and thus engage the people – team-members, employees, customers, suppliers, investors – who must understand, own, and execute the solution. The Power of Integration
3 Ingredients For Accessing Your Creative Genius
You are able to do a certain set of things better than anyone else. This is your core genius. It is your original brand of brilliance.
8 tips to make your life more surprising — from a “Surprisologist”
A closeup of Tania Luna, with glow stick. Photo: James Duncan Davidson In today’s talk, Tania Luna shares her experience of immigrating to the United States from Ukraine as a little girl. Perfectly happy with her family’s outhouse and with chewing a single piece of Bazooka gum for a week, Luna found herself blown away by the wonders of her new country.
Why rejection hurts so much — and what to do about it
Rejections are the most common emotional wound we sustain in daily life. Our risk of rejection used to be limited by the size of our immediate social circle or dating pools. Today, thanks to electronic communications, social media platforms and dating apps, each of us is connected to thousands of people, any of whom might ignore our posts, chats, texts, or dating profiles, and leave us feeling rejected as a result.
How to Disagree with Someone More Powerful than You - Harvard Business Review - Pocket
Your boss proposes a new initiative you think won’t work. Your senior colleague outlines a project timeline you think is unrealistic. What do you say when you disagree with someone who has more power than you do? How do you decide whether it’s worth speaking up?
An existentialist guide to life, work, dating, and exercise — Quartzy
Some people are apparently totally cool with living in an absurd world. Presumably, these folks don’t experience existence as futile or see enthusiasm as foolish. However, not all of us are so lucky or plucky, and so we’re left mustering up reasons to be and do even as we sense it’s all pointless.
The Beginner’s Guide to Deliberate Practice - James Clear - Pocket
In some circles, Ben Hogan is credited with “inventing practice.” Hogan was one of the greatest golfers of the 20th century, an accomplishment he achieved through tireless repetition. He simply loved to practice. Hogan said, “I couldn't wait to get up in the morning so I could hit balls.
Battling Entropy: Making Order of the Chaos in Our Lives
“Nor public flame, nor private, dares to shine;Nor human spark is left, nor glimpse divine!Lo! thy dread empire, Chaos!
How to Fail at Everything and Still Win Big by Scott Adams: Summary - Nat Eliason
There are six ways to sort truth from fiction. They’re faulty and fail a lot, but by combining a few you might just figure out what’s true: Personal experienceExperience of peersExpertsScientific StudiesCommon SensePattern Recognition “You already know that when your energy is right you perform better at everything you do, including school, work, sports, and even your personal life. Energy is good.
Systems Without Goals is a Path to Mediocrity - Nat Eliason
Scott Adams, creator of Dilbert, created a productivity paradigm shift with his discussion of “Goals vs. Systems” from his blog and How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big: “Goal oriented people exist in a constant state of failure or waiting for the goal. Systems people win every day just by sticking to their systems. The systems focused people tend to perform better and be happier.”
