Attention hours
We often focus on the attention economy as it relates to life online, but it’s a helpful lens for thinking about the rest of our… Read More »Attention hours
Recommendation: Joe Marchese on the attention economy
This is an interesting piece from REDEF on what happens next in the competition for our ears, eyeballs and thoughts, with a link to a… Read More »Recommendation: Joe Marchese on the attention economy
Resource: How to delay Googledrive / Backup and Sync on Windows startup
Googledrive/Backup and Sync has been eating a lot of resources on startup and slowing everything down… This fantastic howto from maketecheasier is the quickest crib-sheet… Read More »Resource: How to delay Googledrive / Backup and Sync on Windows startup
Peter Drucker on performance appraisals
Effective executives usually work out their own unique form of performance appraisal. It starts out with a statement of the major contributions expected from a… Read More »Peter Drucker on performance appraisals
Hard conversations
…aren’t supposed to be easy. The person you need to have the conversation with might be a peer, a friend, a long-term colleague. The conversations… Read More »Hard conversations
Joseph Conrad on art, writing and reaching your audience
All art, therefore, appeals primarily to the senses, and the artistic aim when expressing itself in written words must also make its appeal through the… Read More »Joseph Conrad on art, writing and reaching your audience
The switch (2)
“What am I hoping to get?” Once we’ve admitted to ourselves that we’re doing our work (at least partly) for ourselves, we can think more… Read More »The switch (2)
The switch (1)
“Who is this for?” Your work is always for you. This is true whether we’re working for pay or we’re parenting, whether we’re working on… Read More »The switch (1)
Some questions for making change happen
What’s the problem? What networks of people and things underlie the problem, and what context or environment are they embedded in? Who wins if you… Read More »Some questions for making change happen
Seth Godin on leadership, generosity and charisma
You can say that charisma makes you a leader, but I believe that leading gives you charisma. And that changes everything: that you gain charisma… Read More »Seth Godin on leadership, generosity and charisma