Molly Simpson

Velocity

The first thing to say is this: I have not built Flexport for speed. I’ve built it for velocity . That’s an important distinction. In physics, velocity has a vector. Speed only makes sense if you’re pointed in the right direction. To generate velocity, you need to make sure that you have people who are super-aligned both in the short and l... See more

This is your prompt: Write about a time when you began doing something daily, be it a creative endeavour, a new course of study, or a form of exercise. What prompted you to start it? What obstacles got in your way? When you felt resistance or missed a day, what called you back? Now reflect on what you gained from it and how you might apply that kno... See more

I’m always amused when I get credit for coming up with the 100-Day Project, because part of what makes it interesting is that there’s nothing original about it. It’s what we all do every day. We do routine things, and we do things that require acts of imagination that we’re never going to do again, whether it’s naming a goldfish or responding to a ... See more

When Patagonia launched its sustainability campaign, it wasn't the design that won the world over. It was the simple sentence: "The Earth is Our Only Shareholder." It worked because it was smart. It landed because it was human. That small selection of words tells an entire story, not just about a company and its values, but about our world and its ... See more

There was a collective realisation that we must learn how to play nicely with the robots and, simultaneously, learn how to be human again.