Gaia Soykok

This essay was written 14 years ago, but the concepts presented are just as relevant today as they were then and are particularly important as we try to figure out what to do with all the very intractable conflicts that are facing us

Incentives, a version of what psychologists call extrinsic motivators, do not alter the attitudes that underlie our behaviors. They do not create an enduring commitment to any value or action. Rather, incentives merely—and temporarily—change what we do.

"Prisoners Dilemma: .... There’s a much better outcome available if they could figure out the coordination, but coordination is hard."

There are multiple paths to greatness.square design, google engineering, FB growth, and Doordash are operationally focused.

I wish there was a KPI for this but weird positioning affects you in all the areas. Like all the metrics might be bad. Your sales might be great but still, all metrics might suck.

After positioning is done, then it does not finish. the next is telling the story, so sales can use it.

19th century the cirtiscim to polymaths is more widened as the knowledge becomes more , not only by cheap print but also by libraries and prints becoming public.

To study self and to explore personal accounts methodologies among other emerging new designs of qualitative paradigm within social science, the characteristics of autoethnography seem to be one of the best methodologies/methods of inquiries to conduct this research. Autoethnography is a product of three spaces – auto means self, ethno means socio... See more

The zen of compensation: for the type I people, compensate them fairly and more than average and take the money of the table.