Responsibility
Whether you’re improving your own work or helping others improve theirs,* it pays to spend time talking about who is responsible for what – and… Read More »Responsibility
Bringing people with you
Buckstop (find friends)
You can only carry the can so far. If you started an organisation or business and the buck ultimately stops with you and no-one else,… Read More »Buckstop (find friends)
Champion (2)
Noun 2 A person who vigorously supports or defends a person or cause.‘he became the determined champion of a free press’2.1 historical A knight who fought… Read More »Champion (2)
Champion, or Ways to Win (1)
There are a couple of types of champion: Noun 1 A person who has surpassed all rivals in a sporting contest or other competition [as… Read More »Champion, or Ways to Win (1)
The hard part: other people
Your work probably has several hard parts, and one of them is almost certainly other people. If only they would… … do their jobs properly… Read More »The hard part: other people
Marc Andreessen: the test
More from Marc Andreessen’s brilliant interview on The Moment with Brian Koppelman. This time: how breaking into the network in order to get funding isn’t… Read More »Marc Andreessen: the test
Cut it out, or the impossibility of completeness
Nothing is really complete. That story always needs more context to fully understand, that lesson is inevitably missing something important, that job could always be… Read More »Cut it out, or the impossibility of completeness
Ben Horowitz on trust and communication in organisations
Without trust, communication breaks down. More specifically: in any human interaction, the required amount of communication is inversely proportional to the level of trust. Consider… Read More »Ben Horowitz on trust and communication in organisations
Easy for you
I love obstacle courses. A lifetime ago I was very-part-time in the army, and I remember a morning on an obstacle course early on in… Read More »Easy for you
Eric Schmidt on the tech scene
Here’s more on ‘scenius’ – this time from Eric Schmidt: The world is much smaller than it seems. If you’re an outsider looking at our… Read More »Eric Schmidt on the tech scene