Little jobs
There’s a lot to be said for batching – saving up similar jobs and then working through them efficiently in one go. But doing little… Read More »Little jobs
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Marcus Borg on unending conversation
Where does the drama of history get its material? From the “unending conversation”* that is going on at the point in history when we are… Read More »Marcus Borg on unending conversation
Cohort
Seth Godin talks quite a lot about cohorts: “The people who get you. The ones who have been through it with you. Who see you.”… Read More »Cohort
Fellow travellers: Seth Godin and Brian Koppelman on mentors
Seth Godin and Brian Koppelman have had a great series of conversations on Brian’s The Moment podcast. Here’s a little something on the subject of… Read More »Fellow travellers: Seth Godin and Brian Koppelman on mentors
Ordinary people. Good work.
Good to Great is all well and good, but what about Pretty Good to Very Good? I’ve been mulling over the DC podcast and this… Read More »Ordinary people. Good work.
Test Scores vs A Body of Work
When you show up and say “here’s my resume,” basically you’ve just shared your SAT score … with the HR people. And the HR people… Read More »Test Scores vs A Body of Work
Ways in: ravelling the network
Interface A discipline, culture or scene is a network: a mesh of people, things, ideas and ways of doing things. It might be tightly defined,… Read More »Ways in: ravelling the network
Network opportunities
One telephone – in the whole world – is useless. Who would you call? The more telephones there are – and especially the more telephones… Read More »Network opportunities
Anything yet
Here’s the intuition: New technologies – including ideas, techniques and ways of thinking, as well as physical tools – very often come from the creative… Read More »Anything yet