Gunnar Þorvaldsson
@thorvalds
Gunnar Þorvaldsson
Before asking AI to create anything, I ask it to question everything.
"What assumptions am I making about this project?"
"What perspectives might I be missing?"
"What would make this truly distinctive?"
The best outputs start with... See more
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A typical commercial airplane is off course 90% of the time, yet it almost always arrives at its destination because it knows exactly where it’s going and makes constant small corrections along the way
We evaluate almost every action, habit, and preference not just by its immediate effects but by its reputational impact.
92% of B2B buyers only purchase from vendors already on their "day-1"… | Peep Laja | 42 comments
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The 1 percent rule of social media goes like this: 1 percent of people create new content, 9 percent engage with it—likes, comments, shares—and the other 90 percent just lurk. They scroll, they watch, but you’d never know they’re there.
Most people don’t post much. The only people who post all the time are the ones who... See more
Rob Hendersonsubstack.com80% of new businesses fail in their first five years, but a far more interesting statistic is that nearly all of the businesses that succeeded did not do so in the original way they had intended.
Since strategy is a form of problem solving and because you cannot solve a problem you have not defined or analyzed, strategic work begins with identifying barriers and difficulties. Many executives and leaders dislike discussing challenges and impediments, which hinders strategic thinking. In such cases, the strategist's role is to speak truth to... See more
“All of us learn soon enough, from the unpredictable nuances that arise from our relationships and social interactions, how hopelessly inadequate our most thoughtful and elegant frameworks are when confronted with the mystery that is human nature.”