Philipp Rimmler
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Philipp Rimmler
It’s typically uttered when someone doesn’t like following a set way of doing things — when a process is mindlessly followed and someone is trying to introduce something new: a new technology, new process, or new way of thinking.
“We’ve always done it that way” is the business equivalent of a parent uttering “Because I said so.”
There may be very... See more
“We’ve always done it that way” is the business equivalent of a parent uttering “Because I said so.”
There may be very... See more
Consistency and Accountability
appearance of revolution often just reshuffles who’s in power
ChatGPT
what happened in 08 maybe?
“L’opportunité c’est fucking énorme” —Ronan O’Gara, delivered in “Cork French”
TK • 📈 first Derivative [118]
A surprising number of strategies are doomed from inception because their authors get attached to one particular approach without considering alternatives that would work better for their current circumstances. This happens when engineers want to pick tools solely because they are trending, and when executives insist on adopting the tech stack from... See more
Exploring for strategy.
If it takes three to five years for a project to gain traction, it probably doesn’t pay to start a project that the world knows it needs right now.
The challenge is picking something the world will need then. And the hard part is patiently and persistently sticking with it despite the fact that it’s not on everyone’s
... See moreAnthropologist Claude Lévi-Strauss argued that myths exist to resolve contradictions — they help societies make sense of opposing forces, like chaos and order, good and evil. And in many ways, brands function the same way . A great brand story isn’t just entertaining — it resolves a tension, an emotional gap in the consumer’s life .
Storytelling for Brand Architecture: A Blueprint | The Real Hero
Increasingly believe that the "good, cheap, fast —choose two" maxim is devious misinformation spread by the slow.
In my experience, "slow" and "expensive" usually go together. I was in a meeting yesterday where lopping a year off a project schedule also ended up reducing the cost substantially. Fundamentally, it takes... See more
Patrick Collisonx.comNow the point of this myth is the fact that men at once become fascinated by any extension of themselves in any material other than themselves.
- Marshall McLuhan, Understanding Media - The Gadget Lover: Narcissus as Narcosis