Burning Platforms

This memo shares the launch of the iPhone and its competitors as one example in this article. In particular, it states how " Nokia poured gasoline on its own platform" as they lacked accountability and leadership to align and direct the company through those disruptive times. They had a series of misses. They were not delivering innovation fast eno... See more

Every decision that we make has deep repercussions in the short and long term.

If we stop and think about our life decisions, we can see that we are standing on a burning platform. And, we have more than one explosion - we have multiple points of scorching heat that are fueling a blazing fire around us.

He was standing on a burning platform situated in the middle of the ocean and his only other option, besides staying there and hoping to not be burnt to death, was to jump into deep freezing waters... He chose the latter.

This is an amazing story about a man who was forced to make a quick decision with his life on the line.