Results & Relationships

Autobot summary: We explore the concept of "after commitments," focusing on the impactful actions and efforts that would be missed if discontinued. It highlights the importance of ensuring others recognize the value of these efforts and continue them after our involvement ends. This concept is particularly relevant in project management and cybersecurity, where success is measured by reaching mile...

Sharing some of my own fears and struggle

You're Not Ready, you're Intentionally Small & Meaningfully Bold. Auto-summary for those who don't have time to listen. The importance of starting before feeling fully ready, arguing that waiting for readiness hinders learning and helping others.  It highlights the struggle with uncertainty and the human tendency to seek certainty, which can lead to inaction and missed opportunities for growth and...

Barbara Oakley and I converse about Critical Thinking and Learning - recorded for those it might help. Barbara is the creator of Uncommon Sense Teaching, Learn Like a Pro, Learning How to Learn, and many other courses, books, talks, and business presentations. Want to learn more from Barbara? Here's a great start https://coursera.org/learn/learning-how-to-learn https://barbaraoakley.com Books ment...

Explores the significance of understanding probability in decision-making, drawing on personal experiences with computer games like Stellaris, board games and roleplay games. Combining this with YOUR perspective. What did you remove? What do you add? What you choose and not.

IF you're doing work that is meaningful and worth it you will be tired. Don't wait until you're not. Embrace it as part of the work. Embrace doing it early. Put it into the hands of someone who cares about it EARLY; don't wait until you're fully done or have figured it out. Do the hard part early and then EARLY put it into the hands of those who care so they help you pull it forward, feedback earl...

This is the summary from the generos bot, in case you don't have time to listen in. explores the nuances and importance of disengagement in communication, especially over the phone. It emphasizes the need to recognize when the other person is not fully engaged and the significance of respecting oneself enough to disengage when necessary. The writer discusses the concept of active listening and cre...

if you prefer catching the summary from the generous bot instead of listening here it is: this audio clip highlights the significance of embracing ambiguity in relationships and decision-making, viewing it as an opportunity for leadership and action. Clarity is essential, but most meaningful progress often occurs in ambiguous situations. Clarity is better reached by ACTION than by waiting any day...

Summarized by the generous bot. Think about your life, work and relationships in the terms "replaceable" and "irreplaceable parts". emphasizing the importance of recognizing which aspects of our lives and work are replaceable and which are not. Most material things and processes, including our roles at work, are replaceable, but certain aspects, particularly related to our perspective, time, and d...

or doing experiments wrong? And some ABJ testing

Generously, a bot has summarised like this, so you can skip this episode if it's not what you want to listen to. The concept of "viable" in the context of product development and relationships emphasises its importance over "simply achieving the minimum" to get to green on the next iteration/shipping. Viability includes ensuring a product or solution is effective for the creator, the customer, and...

The generous Autobot said this about today's episode it emphasises the importance of a collaborative, multiplayer mindset in adapting to the speed of technological advancements. It highlights the need to enhance processes across various aspects, not just individually. In the workplace, it urges reflection on how team members contribute to organisational success, considering their roles, learning s...

Personal sounding board in today's arena Choose your HARD problem, and YOUR people who care about that problem don't just say it. In today's fast-evolving landscape, choosing "your meaningful specific hard problem" and "your people" affected by it is crucial. Soft skills like empathy, understanding, and re-learning have always been essential. They are the core of this 10-year-old podcast, yet toda...

There is likely a third more effort, cost, and risk than you perceive and accept. Are you holding space for this? If not, is it worth pursuing?

Peer pressure during our school years often leads to groupthink, causing us to lose our identity in the quest to fit in. Growing up, for me, it rarely led to anyone's elevation. Instead, it taught me to hide and remain within the margins. However, the right kind of pressure, combined with a peer, cohort, any group of choice or a mentor's keen observation, can profoundly impact. When we and those w...

EVERYTHING you do in your work is, from other people's perspectives, a movable part. Are you designing with that in mind? Are you rearranging what others hold fixed?   It's a wonderfully powerful constraint if embraced, yet often we're surprised by it.

thinking out loud on how do you approach thinking about the unthinkable? Measuring the unmeasurable? if discipline is a journey of discomfort and joy, how do we improve? if doubt and a wavering mind are the opposite of discipline how could "that what if" help those you serve? is it thus a feeling? if we choose to be resolute in our behaviour it looks a lot like discipline When working its importan...