what does it mean to be a leader that ships?

1. [Joshua Lavra]
leadershipping.
what it means to be a leader that ships

2. leadershipping.
verb
1. a word I made up for this presentation
“...and Josh thought, ‘leadershipping’ would be a good word to use”
2. the act of demonstrating leadership
“just add ‘ping’ to the end of leadership, and voila!”
3. the act of shipping an idea while encouraging others to do the same
“witnessing her leadershipping skills inspired me to start a company”

3. [Onward State]
what does it mean.
to ship?.

4. shipping is taking an idea from your mind,
and sending it into the world.
tenacity
vulnerability
action
creative confidence
?

5. [WIRED]
Hey Woz, wouldn’t it be great
if we could fit 1,000 songs in
your pocket?
Yeah, Steve!

6. [Getty Images]

7. [Jason Mecier]
REAL ARTISTS SHIP
= bring action to ideas.what does this mean?.

8. why do leaders need to be shippers?.
awful idea = (1) no execution = $1
weak idea = 1 weak execution = $1,000
so-so idea = 5 so-so execution = $10,000
good idea = 10 good execution = $100,000
great idea = 15 great execution = $1,000,000
brilliant idea = 20 brilliant execution = $10,000,000
it’s not just about $$, it’s about impact
idea quality? how well did you execute?

9. [IDEO.org]
how do you become
a shipper?.

10. what is something.
that you want to ship?.

11. 1 // distill your ideas.
uncertainty. clarity + focus .

12. 2 // prototype and learn.
build.
measure .
learn .

13. 3 // slap a stamp on it.

14. “if you want to produce
things on time and on
budget, all you have to
do is work until you run
out of time or run out of
money, then ship.”
[99u.com]

15. recap.
1 // distill.
2 // prototype.
3 // ship.
“that combination of
thought and action
defines creative
confidence: the
ability to come up
with new ideas and
the courage to try
them out.”
tom kelley, ideo

16. contact me.