Mo Shafieeha

You should avoid overhead fluorescent light as much as possible between 10pm and 4am because this light will reduce your melatonin level, causing you to have trouble falling asleep and staying asleep (you should instead use soft lamps and dim screens to avoid straining your eyes). If you watch the afternoon sun from sunset in the afternoon, you can... See more

It is not enough to design a system; your organization must also be able to hear it and act on it for it to work. Check out this checklist to see if your organization is design ready. Who is experiencing the pain of your current design, and who is listening to suggestions for improvement?

If you want leaders, you might want to throw high-potential people into the water first. Executive development is probably a different game than individual contributor training. Ben Horowitz's The Hard Thing About Hard Things has a chapter called 'Why Startups Should Train Their People,' in which he makes the same point. According to Horowitz, the... See more

As designers, we make choices that other people have to live with. Our responsibility as designers is to make those choices count. System thinking is one way of thinking about how we can make more ethical and holistic choices. A systems approach to designing needs strong partnerships to overcome complexity. Systems thinking is an approach that... See more

1. Adhocracy culture – the dynamic, entrepreneurial Create Culture.


2. Clan culture – the people-oriented, friendly Collaborate Culture.


3. Hierarchy culture – the process-oriented, structured Control Culture.


4. Market culture – the results-oriented, competitive Compete Culture.


5. Purpose culture – Company leaders and employees share altruistic values of

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