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Transparency of Results
I love the work Techstars have done in presenting the “live” status of their seed accelerator. Check out this page on their site: http://www.techstars.org/results/ I can think of so many different funding bodies, such as government granting (Commercialisation Australia, for instance), that would benefit from such transparent data. This would help with program accountability as [...]
Serendipity and Silver Linings
Serendipity plays out in our lives. Few people have found The Three Princes of Serendip (Wikipedia) and understood its message. Common usage allows us to say that serendipity is what happens when we’re looking for one thing, but find something better in the process. The story of the princes is better. It covers the serendipity [...]
A Trivial Pursuit?
In managing your career or your life you have two main options: focus or diversification. If your career were a game of Trivial Pursuit, would you prefer it if the game was won by collecting pieces that are all of the same colour, or collecting pieces of different colours? These are the options, and getting [...]
Relationships are the key …
1. Think about every relationship that helps you get results in your life. 2. Think about every relationship where you give something (time, money, support, emotion). 3. Notice where they are relationships in balance. 4. Notice where the value each way is disproportionate to giving or getting. 5. Notice where there are gaps in things [...]
Are predictable results hurting your capacity to innovate?
“We just seem to recycle bad ideas or imitate our competitors.” The innovation team of a major FMCG company nodded in agreement with the senior executive in charge of marketing. I was there to talk with them about innovation, change and strategy. “What’s worse, the business expects predictability at the same time as innovation.” One [...]
How can being overweight improve your business and your life?
I’ll admit I’ve got a few pounds to lose. The extra inches around my middle speak to days, weeks and months of indulgence. And getting rid of them is going to take weeks and months of deliberate effort. Of exercise and thinking about what I eat. Of resisting the urge to go back to ways [...]
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