Natalie Audelo
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Natalie Audelo
And thus our tradition began. Every weekend, we would bring our folding chairs out onto the street – we had to make do since our house doesn’t have a stoop – and enjoy our caffeine. As we saw people entering or exiting their homes, we'd enthusiastically wave them down, introduce ourselves, and write down their names in our shared spreadsheet. I wor... See more
Patty Smith • Stoop Coffee: How a Simple Idea Transformed My Neighborhood
The purpose of education is to develop agency within a child. Purposeful work and achieving mastery are tools to getting there. They aren’t the results of learning and imagination, it’s the other way around—learning is simply the consequence of doing. To understand this is to understand the ecology that fosters genius and talent.
Simon Sarris • School Is Not Enough
“Leaders must be able to master four major tasks. Firstly, they need comprehensively to grasp the overall strategic situation in a conflict and craft the appropriate strategic approach–in essence, to get the big ideas right. Secondly, they must communicate those big ideas, the strategy, effectively throughout the breadth and depth of their organiza
... See moreUnfortunately, if you want to do new things, you'll face a force more powerful than other people's skepticism: your own skepticism. You too will judge your early work too harshly. How do you avoid that?
Paul Graham • Early Work
This isn't about bad strategists or failed campaigns. This is systemic. The entire apparatus of
commercial strategy - how we think, how we work, what we optimise for - was built for a world that no
longer exists.We're practicing 20th-century strategy in a 21st-century reality. Using industrial logic to
navigate post-industrial complexity. Applying fra... See more
commercial strategy - how we think, how we work, what we optimise for - was built for a world that no
longer exists.We're practicing 20th-century strategy in a 21st-century reality. Using industrial logic to
navigate post-industrial complexity. Applying fra... See more
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“The intimacy that comes with time and attention allows us to be vulnerable with others. This intimacy, across a group, can become a durable network—like mycelia. We are strongest when we feel safe being soft.” To me, that network feels like security.
Cultivating Non-Romantic Intimacy
Humans fear, most of all, the loss of the capacity to experience.