Teach them to yearn for the vast and endless sea.
Apparently, this is how you get people to build a ship, says the author of the Little Prince, St. Exupery.
Teach them to yearn for the vast and endless sea.
Apparently, this is how you get people to build a ship, says the author of the Little Prince, St. Exupery.
The cure for everything
I know the cure for everything: Salt water…in one form or another: Sweat, tears or the sea.– The Deluge at Norderney, Seven Gothic Tales, 1934
The cure for everything
I know the cure for everything: Salt water…in one form or another: Sweat, tears or the sea.– The Deluge at Norderney, Seven Gothic Tales, 1934
Some readings from 2017 and 2016
Some books in my Amazon orders list from last year, which mostly I read of the last year or two. Danny Meyer on Service Disney on Service Leander Kahney – Inside Steve’s Brain Drucker, Effective Executive Six Thinking Hats, de
Some readings from 2017 and 2016
Some books in my Amazon orders list from last year, which mostly I read of the last year or two. Danny Meyer on Service Disney on Service Leander Kahney – Inside Steve’s Brain Drucker, Effective Executive Six Thinking Hats, de
Amol Net Promoter, second installment.
With more responses, now up to 250, the net promoter for me is 47%. 62% promoters, 14% detractors. Most of the detractors, unfortunately say I’m either a “jerk” or they don’t know me. I can probably improve the jerk thing.
Amol Net Promoter, second installment.
With more responses, now up to 250, the net promoter for me is 47%. 62% promoters, 14% detractors. Most of the detractors, unfortunately say I’m either a “jerk” or they don’t know me. I can probably improve the jerk thing.
Living Foxy or Hedgehogging
If you’re a People Geek like me, you love types and personality theory and all that stuff. I’m ENTJ (Myers-Briggs) and 2% Agreeable, 0% Neurotic (The Big Five). I even have my own spreadsheet going with all the different types
Living Foxy or Hedgehogging
If you’re a People Geek like me, you love types and personality theory and all that stuff. I’m ENTJ (Myers-Briggs) and 2% Agreeable, 0% Neurotic (The Big Five). I even have my own spreadsheet going with all the different types
Pledging to do good in the future.
I pledged this week 1% of any proceeds I earn from a future sale of my Knotel shares to Epic Foundation. They find, help, measure and support some of the best groups in the world working to help children. I
Pledging to do good in the future.
I pledged this week 1% of any proceeds I earn from a future sale of my Knotel shares to Epic Foundation. They find, help, measure and support some of the best groups in the world working to help children. I
Amol Promoter Score, 2017 Edition.
I did a survey this month asking everyone I have in my email inbox (~15,000 people) a net promoter-type question. Above is the result. About 40% net promoter. Folks added some comments and they are here. People are super nice
Amol Promoter Score, 2017 Edition.
I did a survey this month asking everyone I have in my email inbox (~15,000 people) a net promoter-type question. Above is the result. About 40% net promoter. Folks added some comments and they are here. People are super nice
Checking in on my fox-like game plan, 5 years in.
Around September 2012 I decided I was doing it all wrong. After many years of plain-old striving (hardcore high school, killing on standardized tests, Ivy League, double major, PhD in half the time, McKinsey and in startup land the same
Checking in on my fox-like game plan, 5 years in.
Around September 2012 I decided I was doing it all wrong. After many years of plain-old striving (hardcore high school, killing on standardized tests, Ivy League, double major, PhD in half the time, McKinsey and in startup land the same
Fox or a hedgehog, readings
Fox or hedgehog, a great idea from Isaiah Berlin on how people operate (in his case, re: literary or intellectual geniuses). But a popular idea in management, productivity and performance. Also see Philip Tetlock on superforecasters who get better answers
Fox or a hedgehog, readings
Fox or hedgehog, a great idea from Isaiah Berlin on how people operate (in his case, re: literary or intellectual geniuses). But a popular idea in management, productivity and performance. Also see Philip Tetlock on superforecasters who get better answers
The death of parking
In the future there will not be any parking lots. Norman Foster re: the new Apple campus: roughly “I would have designed the parking differently if I were designing it today instead of 5 years ago” (higher ceilings, convertible to
The death of parking
In the future there will not be any parking lots. Norman Foster re: the new Apple campus: roughly “I would have designed the parking differently if I were designing it today instead of 5 years ago” (higher ceilings, convertible to
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