Responsive: faster feedback
Are there times, in your line of work, when faster feedback is more effective than thorough feedback? Little bits of feedback, fast and often, are… Read More »Responsive: faster feedback
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The process
This is the process: Do some work. Just start. Work on it until the excitement of fresh ideas crumbles on contact with reality into the… Read More »The process
Peter Drucker on improving decision making with feedback analysis
I’ve read and appreciated this suggestion from Peter Drucker enough times that I’m finally going to apply it. Here’s the idea: You can learn to… Read More »Peter Drucker on improving decision making with feedback analysis
Seth Godin on listening to feedback
The most important thing to remember now a simple sentence: “It’s not for you.” … So you run an Indian restaurant on 6th Street in… Read More »Seth Godin on listening to feedback
In their hands
Make something people can use. Put it in their hands. See what happens. If they’re eager to pay – attention, time, money – you’re onto… Read More »In their hands
Feedback (positive)
When I was a kid, my cousin had a tape-recorder just like this one – it had a microphone with a yellow sponge. Putting the… Read More »Feedback (positive)
Do it now, and start small
Here’s a great case study in doing it now and starting small from Fast Company founder Alan Webber. It’s about how Muhammad Yunus founded Grameen… Read More »Do it now, and start small
Bootstrapping the non-profit organisation Rule 2: Do it Now
This is the second in a series applying Seth Godin’s rules of bootstrapping (see also here) to building a non-profit organisation. Rule 2: Do it Now Do it now. Not… Read More »Bootstrapping the non-profit organisation Rule 2: Do it Now
The meat is on the street
John Wimber, founder of the Vineyard movement of churches, wasn’t renowned as a systematic religious teacher. Apparently people would ask him “John, when are you… Read More »The meat is on the street
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)