Owl sat down at his desk. “I have realized that intelligence can be simulated, and that it’s time I let the idea of our uniqueness go,” he said with a yawn. “I need to find out how long we have left, before we can build…
Frog and Toad had just arrived at the pick-up site for their $2000-a-head “digital detox” weekend camping trip. They unpacked their brand new tents and put their phones and tablets and Fitbits in the trunk of…
Toad fell asleep at his desk, and had a dream.
He was on stage, and he was wearing a suit. Toad looked out into the dark. Frog was sitting in the audience.
One morning, Toad stood in front of his team.
“We have many things to do,” he said. “I will write out tickets for all of them, and put them into our ticket system so that we remember to do them.”
Toad sat at the conference table, staring at the JIRA dashboard on the big screen.
“Drat!” he said. “Our product is a mess. We have so much technical debt.”
Frog and Toad met up for coffee.
“Toad, wake up,” he cried. “You are bored at Big Tech Co., come out to the West Coast and see how exciting the startup world is!”
Toad and Frog worked on a big new release.
They worked nights, and they worked weekends. They worked from their office, and they worked from home. As last, they released their new product.
Frog and Toad were reading a book recommended by the Harvard Business Review, about famous business innovators.
On Toad’s birthday Frog closed their Series B funding.
Toad was delighted. “Happy birthday,” said Frog. Toad looked at the money in their bank account. Dollar signs filled his eyes.
