There’s a big difference between adding a feature to an existing product and building a product around a philosophy.
Dustin Curtis (via 9-bits)
The end is not nigh!
If you are a knowledge worker, cognitive capitalist, or a Reichian symbolic analyst, you will not be retiring at 65. Period.
The 15 Minutes that Could Save Five Years – Michael Schrage – Harvard Business Review
“Everyone reading this should take 15 hard minutes to ruthlessly reassess the reality of the “new” final years of their future career. The finish line has become elusive; the goal posts have been pushed back. Based on your current skill set and competences, what do you think your workday will look like when you’re 70?”
Quote: Improvisation starts somewhere
You can’t improvise on nothing, man; you’ve gotta improvise on something.
Jazz great Charles Mingus as quoted in Group Genius: The Creative Power of Collaboration (by Keith Sawyer, 2008)
The real ‘Big Picture’ subjects
A grasp of finance, strategy, marketing and all those “big picture” subjects only forms part of a serious leader’s education. Those sometimes neglected or disdained topics – organisational development and behaviour, communication, team dynamics – that are often rejected as insubstantial turn out to be crucial to success as a leader.
Stefan Stem, in the Business Education supplement of FT on May 20, 2010, argues cogently for the importance of the ‘soft skills’ training that is all too often neglected and/or under-valued.
a lethally modern recipe
internet addiction + love of research + procrastination + perfectionism + phd program = bad back