Seth Godin starts the year we a fascinating insight, pain is part of work, and it leads to two mistakes: When confronting with pain at work we think we have two choices: The notion that you can trade your way out of pain; or embracing your current pain and avoiding newer, unknown pains … But the one that pays is the third one…
Experiments are good — only if reversible. If our experimentation becomes permanent, that’s not an experiment, but a decision. Problem is we sometimes forget to make that distinction. And we end up either being afraid to experiment because we think it will become permanent, or we end up making decisions which are permanent, when we [...]
When facing a crisis we tend to respond to our anxieties in a manner that often result in actions which tend to undermine our real interests, as these actions are not always the most effective way to gain the upper hand in the long run.
In 1982, when the war broke out on the northern border of Israel, I knew it wouldn’t be long before the reserves were called in: me included.
As a citizen of Israel — which I was at the time — I was a reservist soldier. I had my uniform, my boots, and my weapon in the closet.
As choice plays such an important role online — what we choose to click, read, download, watch, add to a shopping cart, follow, and so on — I was fascinated by the wonderfully insightful work of Sheena Iyenkar in her book “The Art of Choosing”.
New book by Kevin Kelly, on the intersection of culture and technology. A must read.
How do we assess data? What are we biased to see? How many times we miss the obvious? From Jack Uldrich’ blog: “Consider the case of Abraham Wald. During World War Two, he and a team of researchers were charged with protecting Allied bombers from German guns. As part of their work the researchers diligently [...]
Harnessing the Groundswel: Drive Your Business With Empowered Employees and Customers Forresters’s Josh Bernoff and Ted Schadler have announced their new book “”Harnessing the Groundswell” — Not really a sequel to “Groundswell“, it focuses on individuals empowered by technology and how businesses can tap into that force for a better business performance.
Thank you, Life, for you gave me so much. You gave me two stars for eyes and when I open them I can perfectly distinguish black from white And up above in the skies the constelations And in the crowds the man I love.
