Voices
This is true all the time, but it’s more relevant than ever in months like the one we’re having, and probably for several months ahead:… Read More »Voices
March 2020
Striding Edge
One of the most famous walks in England is along a high ridge in the Lake District called Striding Edge. It runs to the east… Read More »Striding Edge
Bread and butter: unbundling complex products
There is a place (a big place!) for custom work – people pay more to get difficult jobs done well, and the craft required gives… Read More »Bread and butter: unbundling complex products
Crossing the street: Seth Godin on monopolies
Every successful business has a monopoly—a monopoly on what it makes that someone else can’t make the way they make it. That leaves out commodity… Read More »Crossing the street: Seth Godin on monopolies
Obviously
If they knew what you knew, felt how you felt, had the right perspective, it would be obvious to them too. But they don’t. This… Read More »Obviously
Building systems, questioning statistics, finding things out, decline and fall
Four interesting, tangentially-related things worth checking out: Wired article by Adam Rogers on how Singapore built a system that was ready to respond to Covid-19;… Read More »Building systems, questioning statistics, finding things out, decline and fall
Resource: Steve Blank on the startup journey
“How to Raise Money – It’s a Journey Not An Event” (blog post and podcast by Steve Blank, embedded below) is a fantastic resource for understanding… Read More »Resource: Steve Blank on the startup journey
Gordon Brown: All for one
An ideology of “everyone for himself” will not work when the health of each of us depends so unavoidably on the health of all of… Read More »Gordon Brown: All for one
Questions from today
Which jobs absolutely must get done today? Which jobs can we (must we) push back – and to when? Who is waiting for my input?… Read More »Questions from today
Competent
Maybe you think of yourself as competent, or maybe you don’t. Self-talk I tend to say things to myself like: I can do this. I… Read More »Competent
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