Yesterday I had the great fortune to sit in on one of Google’s internal Design Thinking workshops where the participants were reminded of the incredible power of saying “yes, and…” as opposed to “no, but…”
Legend has it that a Nobel laureate was asked by a group of high-flying executives…
In Ernest Hemingway’s novel The Sun Also Rises you will find a dialog between two characters which goes like this:
“How did you go bankrupt?” Bill asked “Two ways,” Mike said. “Gradually and then suddenly.”
In the last season of HBO’s hit-show “Silicon Valley” is a scene where Gavin Belson, CEO of Hooli (the Google-caricature in the series), grabs one of those bear-shaped honey bottles which are somewhat ubiquitous here in the US, pours himself some honey for his tea, puts the…
Here is another practical tip (after my last post which covered todos): Something I learned the hard way…
You surely heard of “Moonshot Thinking” — the fabled breakthrough way of thinking. In (formerly Google) X‘s own words:
People look at eBay and assume that eBay became the world’s largest marketplace for nearly anything (as long as…
In my last dispatch, I made mention of the Massive Transformative Purpose (MTP) concept. Some of you asked me to elaborate on the idea and its meaning for you and your businesses.
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