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Why You Need to Fail
This is a great video from Derek Sivers on the importance of failure for learning. Thanks to my good friend Catherine Louis for pointing it out. What resonated with me was the whole notion of fixed...
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Absence of Evidence is not Evidence of Absence
Abraham Wald, an Austrian-Hungarian born mathematician applied his statistical skills to improve the armor of aircraft returning from battle during WWII. His approach was insightful. He examined where...
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Robustness vs. Resilience
An awesome slide presentation from Dave Snowden of Cognitive Edge. Black Swan Events, Power Law Distributions, and Pareto. Enjoy! Moving from a system designed for robustness to one that supports...
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The Colors of Change – Tools for Change Management
Leading change requires change agents to exercise influence. Understanding individual motivations and assumptions matters. People come in different colors. Understanding each color and the motivations...
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Let’s Play!
Polar bears playing with dogs. Attuned right brains. Play as a driver for innovation. Great problem solvers are good with their hands. Full of interesting information that points to play as a practical...
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Deliberate Practice – the Leadership Kata
A kata is a set of actions that are assembled in sequence to help you train your mind and body to perform with precision, proper form, and to help you develop muscle memory so that these forms are...
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The never-ending renovation, and what I learned… so far
I live in an old stone house which was built between 1839 and 1849. In the 1970′s, an addition was added on, extending the original house with a large family room, extra bedrooms, a rec room, and two...
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Engagement, passion – the big WHY.
Only one in five employees are fully engaged. (Deloitte’s Center for the Edge: The Shift Index). I personally view this video as a warning; the perils of over-rotating on a left-brained, rational...
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What’s the one lever that can transform your business?
I recently read (and read again) a book by Charles Duhigg that got me thinking about the power of a single idea that can transform an entire business. The book is called The Power of Habit. Here is a...
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