James Stevens
@redwolfwhite
Well red and well read.
Came for the creativity. Stayed for the community.
James Stevens
To return to the gym analogy: a good fitness trainer will help you to safely exercise and grow your muscles. And you will be uncomfortable. But you will be safe.
The job of a leader is not to protect their team from discomfort. It’s to protect them from harm—and to help motivate them to push through the discomfort and harness it for growth.
As NYU... See more
The job of a leader is not to protect their team from discomfort. It’s to protect them from harm—and to help motivate them to push through the discomfort and harness it for growth.
As NYU... See more
Forbes • How Psychological Safety Actually Works
Great strategy
- starts with a vision and a challenge . What is your purpose? What problem are you trying to solve?
- is honest about the current state of your business and market - strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats.
- is a hypothesis on where you will play and how you will win. Your business and product don’t exist in a vacuum - your
Your strategy (probably) sucks
“If only we wanted to be happy, it would be easy; but we want to be happier than other people, which is difficult, since we think them happier than they are.”
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Charles de Montesquieu
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Charles de Montesquieu
A quote by Montesquieu
According to Fiske and Silverstein the three kinds of “new luxury” share certain common traits, which set them apart from old luxury. Whereas old luxury goods were based on status, class and exclusivity, a new luxury philosophy inspires consumers to forge stronger emotional ties to the products and brands. Companies engage consumers and reap the... See more
Fabian Faurholt Csaba • Redefining luxury: A review essay
With the emerging ability to improve the embodied experience for all sentient beings, our species is entering a painful adolescent phase. We must realize it is no longer acceptable to coast along on values and purpose inherited from the past, without needing to exercise agency and responsibility to decide what we will work toward. We have to accept... See more
Michael Levin • The Space of Possible Minds
The idea of research as leisure activity has stayed with me because it seems to describe a kind of intellectual inquiry that comes from idiosyncratic passion and interest. It’s not about the formal credentials. It’s fundamentally about play . It seems to describe a life where it’s just fun to be reading, learning, writing, and collaborating on... See more