Britt Gage
@brittfgage
Founder, of All Trades. Building a new type of company for generalists and the founders we seek to serve.
Britt Gage
weofalltrades.com
There’s lots of well-intentioned advice out there about the risks if a business takes off and there isn’t a solid foundation to stand on. But at the same time, it's no surprise that startup leaders see words like "optimizing headcount through capacity planning models" and file it away as unnecessary bureaucracy that’s more befitting of the “BigCo”... See more
How Talent Teams Can Better Weather Boom-and-Bust Cycles
the idea here is not to eliminate risk—risk-free projects tend to be incremental. Instead, the goal is to name, quantify, and work steadily to chip away at risk. As a corollary, when presenting an idea for a new project or startup company, be candid about risk—it has the paradoxical effect of making your case more convincing.
Problem choice and decision trees in science and engineering: Cell
Optimistic really ought to be a verb
It's something you *do*, not some property you happen to possess. Sometimes it's easy to do, and sometimes it's darned hard, requiring imagination & determination
Michael Nielsenx.comArtificial intelligence will spur two fundamental changes in our relationship with technology. The first is that voice—already the most natural interface for human interaction—will become a dominant interface. Imagine latency reduced to less than half a second, a stark contrast to the sluggishness of touch-based devices. Even silent voice is on the... See more
Superhuman
Reaching the frontier of a field, you will stumble upon something that hasn’t been solved yet, which will make all the difference. Society will reward you for offering something it wants but hasn’t been able to obtain so far.
The way to that point is through trial and error, iterating, and uncovering different truths.
The way to that point is through trial and error, iterating, and uncovering different truths.
Daniel Rizea • Top 5 Learnings After Mentoring 100 Startups
The skillful practice of ignorance cannot be reduced to the avoidance of bullshit. It would be self-defeating to deprive oneself of bullshit completely, for bullshit is the air we breathe, and we could not learn or accomplish anything without it.
birguslatro • Ignorance, a skilled practice
“Vertical” Perspective Swaps
Perspective swaps can be applied vertically — up and down your organizational chart — or laterally across different functional groups. Vertical perspective swaps happen between leaders and their employees. Leaders often suffer from “power poisoning” and fixate on their own needs and ambitions. Perspective swaps can help... See more
Perspective swaps can be applied vertically — up and down your organizational chart — or laterally across different functional groups. Vertical perspective swaps happen between leaders and their employees. Leaders often suffer from “power poisoning” and fixate on their own needs and ambitions. Perspective swaps can help... See more
Rebecca Hinds • How “Perspective Swaps” Can Unlock Organizational Change
Perspective swaps involve intentionally shifting your point of view to gain a new understanding of a situation.
Mastery is not only about getting better at your craft, but also about finding ways to eliminate the obstacles, distractions, and other annoyances that prevent you from working on your craft.
Top performers find ways to spend as much time as possible on what matters and as little time as possible on what doesn't. It is not someone else's... See more
Top performers find ways to spend as much time as possible on what matters and as little time as possible on what doesn't. It is not someone else's... See more
Superhuman
What is generalist mastery? Connecting the right dots, realizing that some dots matter and other dots don’t. Not every dot should be connected.