Rewriting the world
The possibilities of the future are often lying latent in the field of our vision. We can’t see them… And then suddenly we do, and… Read More »Rewriting the world
practice
Who pays? (3)
Last but not least… changing who pays for what can help you to take better care of your team. In the early years we asked… Read More »Who pays? (3)
Who pays? (2)
Shifting to a user-pays model had another significant impact on our work – we became more accountable to the people we serve, and the quality… Read More »Who pays? (2)
Note to self
Writing is a great tool for sharing ideas with other people. It’s been dawning on me over the last few days that one of the… Read More »Note to self
A second score
A tip on learning to take criticism well from Adam Grant’s Worklife podcast: Every time I get feedback, I rate myself now on how well… Read More »A second score
On Assignment
Kevin Kelly went to Asia in the early 1970s having never held a pair of chopsticks. He took a change of clothes and 500 rolls… Read More »On Assignment
William Zinsser on Simplicity
Here are some excerpts from Zinsser’s ‘On Writing Well’, which I mentioned in yesterday’s post: … the secret of good writing is to strip every… Read More »William Zinsser on Simplicity
Setting the bar high
You’ve got to set the bar high too. Set the bar high in the big, important things: What am I working for? Who am I… Read More »Setting the bar high
Setting the bar low
If a job is too big, if standards are too high, it will never get done. It might never even get started. Setting the bar… Read More »Setting the bar low
Being prolific
How many ideas have you lost out of pure inertia? I don’t just mean all the ideas you’ve had that you never did anything about… Read More »Being prolific