Agalia Tan
@agaaalia
Senior Strategist at We Are Social
RADAR Chapter Lead for Singapore
Agalia Tan
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If you understand the true motivations and fears of every stakeholder/team member, you can begin to understand where things may start to come apart.
Hint: the incentive is never “the work” and the biggest fear is always about the person, not the org.
Hint: the incentive is never “the work” and the biggest fear is always about the person, not the org.
“The time you spend is really spending time,” he said. “It isn’t wasting time. Then one has to find within that spending of time an allowing oneself to just not feel you’re wasting it if you’re just existing for the moment. Just exist.
Martin Scorsese: “I Have To Find Out Who The Hell I Am.”
"Whether you are an adult or child, your first attempts will often seem unimportant or foolish.
Early attempts are easy to dismiss because they don't seem to amount to much. But you have to do the low stakes stuff to prepare for the... See more
- The open mic night at a nearly empty bar.
- The early blog posts that get ignored.
- The dance recital on a little stage.
Early attempts are easy to dismiss because they don't seem to amount to much. But you have to do the low stakes stuff to prepare for the... See more
3-2-1: When to be patient, why we procrastinate, and the importance of early attempts
reminders to trust the process and for makers
Remember how sabrina carpenter was preparing for her moment :”)
We’re just happy to see a great creative idea that hasn’t been crushed by the forces of mediocrity that have a stranglehold on the behind-the-scenes stuff: channels, distribution, platforms, shelf space.
the more and better access everyone has to tools, resources, etc, the clearer it becomes that the final boss bottlenecks are courage, imagination and giving a shit
Visakan Veerasamyx.comBy the eighteenth century, a new ideology was taking form, especially in Britain, that “greed is good” (to use a recent summary formulation), because greed spurs a society’s efforts and inventiveness. By giving vent to greed, the logic goes, societies can best harness the insatiable ambitions, great energies and ingenuity of their citizens. While
... See moreJeffrey D. Sachs • The Ages of Globalization: Geography, Technology, and Institutions
when creating vector, i thought of...
the zine theme is bypassing the invisible hand. When Adam Smith first came up with the metaphor of the invisible hand of the market, he was referring to how individuals acting in self-interest could promote good for the public. But what this was also an argument to allow market forces to play out.
Today, the invisible hand has our heads turned, and has placed efficiency on a pedestal. What results is a society characterised by clockwork.
Everything is clockwork.
“Amplification is at the core of Filterworld’s problems.” (pg. 208)
What could count as good amplification and what could be bad? How can we nurture the former?