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Make Space for Every Voice
"If you want stronger decisions, make space for every voice." This is a simple technique to do this in your meetings that really works.
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Workers who love ‘synergizing paradigms’ might be bad at their jobs
Employees who are impressed with corporate jargon are less good at their jobs. News at 11.
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The Safety Levers
"A framework to move your subculture from the Anxiety Zone to the Learning Zone" - and provide a way for everyone on your team to contribute and experiment safely.
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The Forwardable Email
"A way to help others actually make that connection they said they would." I've used this for a decade, and it's probably useful for you, too.
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The Curiosity Tour
"A way to approach a job hunt that uncovers extraordinary, unlisted opportunities" - using a distilled framework that makes something that might look daunting feel easy.
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The Go/No Go Date
"Feeling fear goes hand-in-hand with being ambitious. Imposter syndrome is real and normal. In fact, if you aren't feeling fear in what you do, I'd argue that you aren't being ambitious enough." Here's a way to build in the fear and do it anyway.
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Honor The Maker's Schedule
"As an innovation leader, it is your job to ensure that your organization has explicit norms that enable your people to do deep work." Meeting culture is one place they often fall down – this is a great way to better support your teams.
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Why You Need Systems Thinking Now
"Focus on flows and relationships, not products or services." An argument for systems thinking instead of design thinking or breakthrough innovation.
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If You Don’t Like Sales, Don’t Start a Company
[Hunter Walk] As Hunter points out, it's impossible to start a company without tackling sales, and you aren't absolved from it no matter which route you take: "If you avoid sales or are poor at it, you are doing a disservice to your team, your
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Rules for Resters
[Ben Werdmuller on Medium] I find myself returning to this piece I wrote on Medium about building downtime into your work and lifestyle. It's important: Eight years into working in America, I’m still getting used to the macho culture around vacations. I had previously lived in a
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Venture Funding To Black-Founded Startups Remains Stagnant
[Chris Metinko at Crunchbase News] "Last year, venture funding to Black-founded U.S. startups cratered — totaling only $699 million and marking the first time since 2016 that the figure failed to even reach $1 billion, Crunchbase data shows." And: "While last year did not see Black founders
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Responding to work emails after hours contributes to burnout, hostility
[Myoung-Gi Chon in The Conversation] "We found a disturbing link between work-related communication outside of regular hours and increased employee burnout. Answering emails after hours was linked to worse productivity, employees badmouthing their employers and other negative behaviors." This is an important (if perhaps obvious) finding, but it&