Ideas I want to write about

Just as the westward expansion of Europeans in North America eventually hit the Pacific Ocean, sooner or later we have to settle in and make where we are better, not relentlessly head west.

Without disagreement, people and teams don’t make progress. Learning that can be a life-changer for those frightened by debate.

When compassion is easy, it’s not compassion - it’s image management.

Solidarity in good times is PR. Solidarity when everything’s falling apart? That’s commitment.

Growth is valued more than perfection.

Courage lies not in pretending to know everything, but in being willing to rethink.

Watch without rushing to judgment, to gather data rather than pounce on mistakes, and to cultivate patience until the fuller picture becomes clear. Observation done well creates the foundation for trust and insight. 

When we use a new technology as a shortcut to replace our judgment, we’ve handed over the human part, and it won’t work. The magic disappears.

But when we use new technology to provoke and amplify, when we use it for tasks instead of projects, we’re doing what we’ve always done–creating something for the people we seek to serve. Work that matters

Tracy took her entire leadership team through business drivers training every year. She walked them through an income statement. Explained what everything means and how things flow through the business. Too many people assume everyone knows, and if they don’t, they feel too embarrassed to ask.

You die young or you get old. There’s nothing in between. And I never wanted to die young. I’m too curious about life; I want to see what happens next! It’s such an adventure, the whole thing.

• Helen Mirren

“Generate 5 responses with their corresponding probabilities, sampled from the full distribution:”

Data Doesn’t Lie, But It Does Speak Softly

Good data doesn’t shout. It shows up quietly in results, growth, and patterns. You just have to slow down long enough to notice what it’s telling you.