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Self Help’s Achilles Heal: Finding Purpose
Legions of self help authors have written books and articles promising to help you reach your dreams. Among this plethora of material–positive thinking, planning, time management, networking, negotiating, and more–there is plenty of useful advice on how to reach them, … Continue reading
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Tagged built to last, jim collins, search for meaning, self help, seven habits, stephen covey
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Is Google Built to Last?
In my analysis of the events surrounding James Damore’s now infamous Google memo, I stated that what had happened could be explained by the premise that Google holds diversity as a core value, where as Damore holds individual merit as … Continue reading
CBC is Schizophrenic Over Google Memo
The CBC published two opinion pieces yesterday on the leaked Google “echo chamber” memo: Google axing someone for mouthing off in a memo was not a smart move; and Google delivered an important message by firing its employee for his … Continue reading
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Tagged core values, diversity, google, james damore, jim collins, psychological safety, sundar pichai, Yonatan Zunger
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The Seven Archetypes: The Magician
Previous Post: The Emperor The seventh and final archetype I call The Magician. Magicians seem to be very rare, but perhaps they are just hard to spot. The Magician relates to others consciously, rather than by a subconscious mental pattern. … Continue reading
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Tagged built to last, jerry porras, jim collins, level 5 leadership, the genius of the and
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The Seven Archetypes: The Judge
Previous Post: The Knave of Swords The fourth of the seven archetypes I’m going to discuss is the Judge. This is a fairly powerful way of relating with the world. Judges are masters of compromise, and of following precedent, AKA … Continue reading
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Tagged compromise, jim collins, psychology, status quo, steven covey, the judge, the seven habits
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Elon Musk’s 10 Principles for Success
I recently watched Evan Charmichael’s video compiling 10 clips of Elon Musk talking about success: It’s amazing how many of the principles overlap with Jim Collin’s Good to Great (GTG) principles. Here’s a summary of the principles from the video: … Continue reading
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Tagged BHAG, built to last, elon musk, evan charmichael, good to great, hedgehog concept, jim collins, perserverence, principles, the fly wheel
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The Seven Principles of Good to Great
The book “Good to Great” by Jim Collins is technically a business book, but many of its findings apply to individuals as well. The seven principles discovered by Collins’s study in almost all companies that went from good to great, … Continue reading
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Tagged confront the brutal facts, continuous improvement, discipline, flywheel, good to great, hedgehog concept, humility, jim collins, kaizen, level 5 leadership, measurement, optimism, purpose, realism, resolve, selectivity, simplicity, stockdale paradox
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