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Jan 24, 2021

3 Practices to Work Smarter (With Others)

Most of our working time is spent working with others. “Work smarter, not harder” sounds awesome, but may seem like it only applies to individuals (which is partly true, we discussed the personal part of this principle in the previous article). …

Book Summary

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3 Practices to Work Smarter (With Others)
3 Practices to Work Smarter (With Others)

Jan 19, 2021

4 Practices to Work Smarter

We‘ve all heard “work smart, not hard.” But who wants to work dumb? See 4 smart work practices, why we don’t do them, and how to fix it. _________________________________________________________________ Concept Summary

Book Summary

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4 Practices to Work Smarter
4 Practices to Work Smarter

Jun 22, 2020

4 More Jobs We Are Asking the Police to Do (But Really Shouldn’t)

This is the second part of a two-part series discussing areas where there are better alternatives to currently-prevalent police intervention, split for better readability. _________________________________________________________________ Concept Summary

Problem Solving

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4 More Jobs We Are Asking the Police to Do (But Really Shouldn’t)
4 More Jobs We Are Asking the Police to Do (But Really Shouldn’t)

Jun 21, 2020

4 Jobs We Are Asking the Police to Do (But Really Shouldn’t)

This is the first part of a two-part series discussing areas where there are better alternatives to currently-prevalent police intervention, split for better readability. _________________________________________________________________ Concept Summary

Problem Solving

10 min read

4 Jobs We Are Asking the Police to Do (But Really Shouldn’t)
4 Jobs We Are Asking the Police to Do (But Really Shouldn’t)

Jun 20, 2020

How Not to Run Your Company (Unless You Wanna Lose Billions of Dollars): 5 Lessons from Theranos

Ah, Theranos. This Silicon Valley fairy-tale-turn-horror-story has been covered and dissected in many publications. After all, it does have plenty of fascinating questions that make for a great story: How did they convince experienced investors that they were worth nine billion dollars without having a working product? How did so…

Stories And Lessons

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How Not to Run Your Company (Unless You Wanna Lose Billions of Dollars): 5 Lessons from Theranos
How Not to Run Your Company (Unless You Wanna Lose Billions of Dollars): 5 Lessons from Theranos

Jun 19, 2020

3 Ways to Establish Trust in a Negotiation (with a Counterpart You Have Never Met Before)

How do you establish trust when negotiating with a new counterpart? Harvard Business School Professor Deepak Malhotra offers three suggestions. _________________________________________________________________ Concept Summary

Negotiation

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3 Ways to Establish Trust in a Negotiation (with a Counterpart You Have Never Met Before)
3 Ways to Establish Trust in a Negotiation (with a Counterpart You Have Never Met Before)

Jun 18, 2020

4 Lessons in Personal Effectiveness from an Overrun U.S. Army Combat Outpost

The Battle of Kamdesh was a clash that happened on October 3, 2009, in which an estimated force of 300 Taliban fighters assaulted the infamously ill-positioned Combat Outpost (COP) Keating, a small American military outpost in Nuristan province, Afghanistan. 60 men of U.S. Army’s 4th Infantry Division (along with 2…

Personal Effectiveness

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4 Lessons in Personal Effectiveness from an Overrun U.S. Army Combat Outpost
4 Lessons in Personal Effectiveness from an Overrun U.S. Army Combat Outpost

Jun 17, 2020

GE Adventure Series Scanner: A Happier MRI Scan Experience

Regardless of whether you’ve had the need to experience an MRI scan, you would probably agree that it is not a very pleasant experience — in fact, it can be downright scary.

Problem Solving

4 min read

GE Adventure Series Scanner: A Happier MRI Scan Experience
GE Adventure Series Scanner: A Happier MRI Scan Experience

Jun 15, 2020

The 9 Dimensions of Product Quality

When we decide to purchase a product, we obviously want stuff with good quality. But what, exactly, determines whether a product is good? _________________________________________________________________ Concept Summary

Mental Models

7 min read

The 9 Dimensions of Product Quality
The 9 Dimensions of Product Quality

Jun 14, 2020

3 Less-Known Badass World War II U.S. Admirals

Anybody who follows the World War II history, particularly U.S. campaigns in the Pacific, would be familiar with some of the admirals involved. Who hasn’t heard of Fleet Admiral Chester Nimitz, the Commander in Chief, U.S. Pacific Fleet? Hell, the man was almost given the rank Admiral of the Navy…

Military History

7 min read

3 Less-Known Badass World War II U.S. Admirals
3 Less-Known Badass World War II U.S. Admirals
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