Presentation by Steven Cox, CEO of TakeLessons on 5 tips for new entrepreneurs presented at the San Diego Young Entrepreneurs May 2009 meeting / StartupCircle.com.
Personal summary of the World Creativity Forum about creativity and innovation at the 16th and 17th November 2011 in Hasselt, Flanders.
Keynotes: Malcolm Gladwell, Alexander Osterwalder, Scott Belski, Peter Hinssen, Garr Reynolds, Keith Sawyer, Jamie Anderson, Patti Maes
creativityworldforum.be
Texts in Dutch and English.
Presentation by Steven Cox, CEO of TakeLessons on 5 tips for new entrepreneurs presented at the San Diego Young Entrepreneurs May 2009 meeting / StartupCircle.com.
Personal summary of the World Creativity Forum about creativity and innovation at the 16th and 17th November 2011 in Hasselt, Flanders.
Keynotes: Malcolm Gladwell, Alexander Osterwalder, Scott Belski, Peter Hinssen, Garr Reynolds, Keith Sawyer, Jamie Anderson, Patti Maes
creativityworldforum.be
Texts in Dutch and English.
With a greater number of people telecommuting to work, it’s becoming more vital to train them to be successful in a virtual work environment. Disconnectedness is easy in the virtual realm, especially when good virtual practices aren’t in place. Companies need to help employees find ways to make “virtual substitutions” so they can accomplish what they normally would in face-to-face interactions. Learn how to develop your company’s virtual presence so that anyone, no matter where in the world they are, feels like a connected and valued employee.
Speakers: Elsa Powel Strong and Sean Kavanagh, The Ariel Group
Make sure that you manage your business projects, rather than having your projects manage you.
Turn your business goals into reality by dividing them into a series of projects. Projects with a clearly defined end-point. Projects that can be controlled and managed. Projects that succeed.
Equip yourself with the mindset of a project manager, the single-minded focus required to achieve major goals, and the discipline to make sure the small things are not forgotten. Learn how to balance the project management triangle of Scope, Time & Cost.
There might be some hard decisions to make along the way - this is the true cost of getting what you want.
This is a presentation I gave to Gum Tree UK staff at the end of July 2009. I was asked to go along and talk about my experiences in start-ups. I wanted to illustrate that the start-up vibe could be achieved regardless of the age or size of a business and that the productivity gains could be very good.
The Key to Great Teams: Understanding the Human Operating SystemAtlassian
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Stefan Knecht, Manager, it-economics GmbH
GTD basics, how to improve your productivity.John Calistro
Every person have the individual way to organize his/her day, no system is right or wrong, this will help you to understand the GTD basics and, I hope, help you to initiate or improve your own system.
Most meeting accomplish very little. This is why... oh, and what to do about it.
Often, lack of structure and a poor understanding of groupthink can allow anyone to Leeroy Jenkins your meeting. Don't let that happen.
With a greater number of people telecommuting to work, it’s becoming more vital to train them to be successful in a virtual work environment. Disconnectedness is easy in the virtual realm, especially when good virtual practices aren’t in place. Companies need to help employees find ways to make “virtual substitutions” so they can accomplish what they normally would in face-to-face interactions. Learn how to develop your company’s virtual presence so that anyone, no matter where in the world they are, feels like a connected and valued employee.
Speakers: Elsa Powel Strong and Sean Kavanagh, The Ariel Group
Make sure that you manage your business projects, rather than having your projects manage you.
Turn your business goals into reality by dividing them into a series of projects. Projects with a clearly defined end-point. Projects that can be controlled and managed. Projects that succeed.
Equip yourself with the mindset of a project manager, the single-minded focus required to achieve major goals, and the discipline to make sure the small things are not forgotten. Learn how to balance the project management triangle of Scope, Time & Cost.
There might be some hard decisions to make along the way - this is the true cost of getting what you want.
This is a presentation I gave to Gum Tree UK staff at the end of July 2009. I was asked to go along and talk about my experiences in start-ups. I wanted to illustrate that the start-up vibe could be achieved regardless of the age or size of a business and that the productivity gains could be very good.
The Key to Great Teams: Understanding the Human Operating SystemAtlassian
How do organizations become adaptive, agile, and resilient? What fosters trust and makes people feel safe to speak their minds? Stefan Knecht from it-economics – a 2016 Best Workplaces in Germany award recipient – say the master key lies in a social operating system used for over 300,000 years: the human operating system (OS H). Recent findings from behavioral, cognitive, and organizational sciences help us understand parts of this system – like what makes humans tick and how groups successfully form and perform. This talk will explain the idea behind OS H and teach you how you can employ the concept in your own organization to build trust, resiliency, adaptivity, etc. Come away with a solid understanding of social needs and the company dynamics you can help create to meet these needs. Even the best tools and technology will only get you part of the way to building world-class teams.
Stefan Knecht, Manager, it-economics GmbH
GTD basics, how to improve your productivity.John Calistro
Every person have the individual way to organize his/her day, no system is right or wrong, this will help you to understand the GTD basics and, I hope, help you to initiate or improve your own system.
Most meeting accomplish very little. This is why... oh, and what to do about it.
Often, lack of structure and a poor understanding of groupthink can allow anyone to Leeroy Jenkins your meeting. Don't let that happen.
The important points of composite materials are mentioned. This file includes, what is composite materials, its classifications, applications, advantages and disadvantages.
UXPA Iowa - How to Fail at Building WebsitesIan Lintner
There are many ways to create a website and there are even more ways to fail. Join Ian Lintner as he discusses his knowledge on how to fail well when it comes to website design and development. The discussion will be a light hearted approach to failing early, failing often, embracing change and continuous improvement.
Ian Lintner has been making websites professionally for over 10 years. He has worn many hats and will provide insights into the entire website development process from inception to implementation and beyond.
Ian Lintner
www.linkedin.com/in/ianlintner/
Top 10 Tips for Making Complicated Things SimpleCrispin Reedy
Are you trying to explain a technical concept to a non-technical team? Maybe you’re teaching design concepts to a demanding or distracted business unit. Or perhaps you’re pushing a picky executive to incorporate more user experience initiatives. This talk will give you ten takeaways you can use in meetings and presentations in order to be a more effective advocate and leader in your team, regardless of your role.
Agility as a movement started with software developers uncovering better ways of doing what they do. Today that movement is driving even business leaders to rethink how they lead their organizations. What does it mean to "be" agile? How can agility be applied to leading organizations? Where do successful agile leaders start? Three stories, three secrets and three tips to apply agility to your life and work.
http://www.SmartSimpleMarketing.com/ Sydni Craig-Hart from Smart Simple Marketing shares some powerful research that will have you thinking differently about splitting your focus and how to ditch this bad habit that’s derailing your business.
How to Fail at Building Websites - DrupalCorn 2014Ian Lintner
This is the updated version of my presentation on "How to Fail at Building Websites" for DrupalCorn 2014.
This is a tongue in cheek look at website development process, failure, agile and continuos improvement.
Nếu bạn là một người yêu thích công việc nhưng hay bị cuốn trong một đống công việc, nếu bạn đang khởi nghiệp. Nếu bạn muốn sắp xếp công việc của bạn tốt hơn. Những điều sau sẽ khiến bạn cảm thấy Rework đã giúp chúng tôi vượt qua điều đó như thế nào.
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Have you ever been blindsided by the departure of a good team member? Have you had team issues boil over and affect long-term chemistry? Or, conversely, have you seen the positive momentum of a team with purpose and alignment between their interests and their roles and responsibilities?
John Griffin, Ford Credit Europe. Normalising failure and making way for succ...IT Arena
John Griffin is currently paving the way for new explorative ways to bring Design to the forefront of the Ford Credit Europe products.
With a background co-founding design consultancies Wolfcub and Pack, he’s spent the last 8 years honing his craft on clients including ASOS, HSBC, Diageo, and Google alongside helping a multitude of start-ups launch their ideas. When John’s not going deep on bringing product ideas to life, you can find him behind the mic podcasting, running the industry event Product Unleashed, or talking about his favorite 80s films to anyone who will listen long enough!
Speech Overview:
Why are we so afraid for our ideas to fail?
Is failure just learning with a bad reputation?
The idea of our ideas failing can not only hold us back from making a start on something but can also leave us in an endless loop of all-talk-no-action.
For teams to truly be successful, failure needs to move from elephant in the room to engrained within your DNA.
2019 NCTCOG Public Works Roundup - APWA 7 Habits of Dysfunctional Leaders n...Jim Proce
Brief overview of the APWA Habits of Dysfunctional Leaders program built by the APWA Leadership and Management Committee, based on the articles public in the December 2018 APWA Reporter magazine.
Product Gamification presentation delivered by Asif Rajani, during the Warsaw Venture Cafe at Varso Tower on 30/September/2021.
Source:
Actionable Gamification: Beyond Points, Badges, and Leaderboards
By Yu-kai Chou
Sharing how we build Agile teams at Agile Organization Development (https://agile-od.com). Now you know why the Agile teams we coach are built to last and sticky!
The influence of web and mobile technologies on traditional industries has lead to a shift in the skills needed to get a job. Design thinking is an approach to problem solving that utilizes visual thinking to test and iterate. In this workshop we’ll look at the ways you can use design thinking to teach yourself a new skill. We’ll talk about the philosophy behind design thinking as well as ways of incorporating its tenants into learning practices.
https://bit.ly/BabeSideDoll4u Babeside is a company that specializes in creating handcrafted reborn dolls. These dolls are designed to be incredibly lifelike, with realistic skin tones and hair, and they have become increasingly popular among collectors and those who use them for therapeutic purposes. At Babeside, we believe that our reborn dolls can provide comfort and healing to anyone who needs it.
The Healing Power of Babeside's Handcrafted Creations
Our reborn dolls are more than just beautiful pieces of art - they can also help alleviate stress, anxiety, depression, and other mental health conditions. Studies have shown that holding or cuddling a soft object like a stuffed animal or a reborn doll can release oxytocin, which is often referred to as the "love hormone." This hormone helps us feel calm and relaxed, reducing feelings of stress and anxiety.
In addition to their physical benefits, reborn dolls can also offer emotional support. For many people, having something to care for and nurture can bring a sense of purpose and fulfillment. Reborn dolls can also serve as a reminder of happy memories or loved ones who have passed away.
Welcome to the Program Your Destiny course. In this course, we will be learning the technology of personal transformation, neuroassociative conditioning (NAC) as pioneered by Tony Robbins. NAC is used to deprogram negative neuroassociations that are causing approach avoidance and instead reprogram yourself with positive neuroassociations that lead to being approach automatic. In doing so, you change your destiny, moving towards unlocking the hypersocial self within, the true self free from fear and operating from a place of personal power and love.
17. You don’t have complete
control over your
Thinking Mind.
http://markmanson.net/your-two-minds
18. • I’m nervous about the impact to the Platform.
• I’m worried that users will not understand.
• I think it’s too big.
• I’m too restricted by legacy or technical debt.
• I’m worried I am not doing well enough.
• I’m worried someone will think I’m not good enough.
22. • I feel nervousness about the impact to the Platform.
• I feel some worry that users will not understand.
• I have the thought that it’s too big.
• I have the thought that I’m not doing well enough.
Stop attaching yourself to emotions.
Reframe your thoughts.
25. Most people execute linearly, step-by-step.
They measure progress by steps they did.
Entrepreneurs focus on the goal.
They measure progress by accomplishing
their goals.
http://steveblank.com/2009/11/09/relentless-%E2%80%93-the-difference-between-motion-and-action/
28. • Make a mark.
• Mess up the canvas.
• Write a “shitty first draft”.
• Spike it.
• Time-box it.
Allow yourself to be human.
Take an imperfect first step.
31. Creative work is not easy.
It takes motivation.
It takes the ability to control your behaviour.
Bias yourself toward action.
Be entrepreneurial.
Stay focused on the goal.
33. • James Clear: The Big Mistake Smart People Make: Being in Motion vs. Taking Action
• Steve Blank: Relentless - the Difference Between Motion and Action
• Steve Pavlina: Overcoming Procrastination
• Flickr user: jlaryea
• Steven R. Covey: The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
• Time management quadrant: http://www.forbes.com/sites/ericjackson/2012/07/24/the-
only-thing-you-need-to-remember-about-the-seven-habits-of-highly-effective-people/
• Mark Manson: Your Two Minds
• Antique Warrior:
http://www.universalleonardo.org/worklarge.php?id=446&image=0&trail=0&trailCount=
&name=
• Cleopatra: https://www.google.co.nz/search?q=michelangelo+cleopatra
• Brené Brown: Rising Strong
Editor's Notes
Why procrastination is a problem and how we can move beyond it.
I’ll start out by telling you about a hobby of mine: drawing.
I have a specific interest in drawing. I don’t draw my own ideas - I copy. I love diving into the detail of masterworks and replicating them.
Here are some examples.
Antique warrior - da Vinci
This is drawn in silverpoint, which is not erasable. His face has stretched out a bit :)
Cleopatra - Michelangelo
These may look OK, but here’s the interesting thing: even with the “answer” right in front of me, it can be a big struggle for me to make the first mark - to begin. I listen to music. I think about it. I imagine the finished product. I procrastinate.
Probably not a scientific term. That sense of “block” when you have emptiness in front of you and you have to create. It comes in many forms.
The actual blank canvas.
Empty staff paper
The initial Photoshop screen.
A new class in Visual Studio.
Why should you care?
From The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People - it captures actions and plots urgency vs. importance.
The thing is, the most valuable things in life (including creative work) tend to be in the top right - and also tend to be the things most subject to procrastination, because by definition they are important but not urgent.
OK! What are the causes?
There are many apparent causes…
(Optional extra info)
Sometimes we cut the wrong things - like worrying about completing something but still leaving time for TV.
You don’t want to do something so you allow yourself to be distracted. Cap Dev!
Recognise you may be fooling yourself that you operate better under pressure
They may all be reasons for procrastination, but there’s often an underlying cause that I’d like to talk to you about…
The concept of the Thinking Mind vs. observing mind (reptile vs. conscious).
TM is always on, always throwing thoughts your way, capturing the events around you and reacting. It is emotion-driven.
OM is more logic-driven, and in fact can observe the thinking mind!
You will always have thoughts and emotions. It’s tough to turn this off.
Here are some Thinking Mind-driven thoughts that contribute to procrastination in a tech-company context.
I may sound like a motivational speaker, but sometimes we need to take a step back and determine what drives us. It could be rewarding teamwork, job satisfaction, providing for family, continuous learning, or even something as simple as pay (which is an enabler for life). Taking time to remind yourself of your motivator can help you to re-focus on your work.
Don’t let the Thinking Mind control you. Observe it, and consciously act despite it.
Let’s revisit those Thinking Mind thoughts…
In order to stop attaching yourself to Thinking Mind emotions, you need to reframe your thoughts.
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It’s a subtle difference, but from this perspective, you can observe these thoughts as statements and logically dispute them, putting you in control of them.
So if you’re thinking “I have the thought it’s too big”, you should say to yourself “that’s a load of crap and I just need to start”.
Motion: preparing to get things done (Example of coding: talking about an approach, thinking, analysing, researching, waiting for external input, etc.)
Action: writing code! Splitting the work into chunks and getting stuck in.
Why do we confuse these two?
Motions feels like progress, but it really is just procrastination which avoids the risk of failure.
According to some researchers…
Read slide.
This is a practical way to act on our company values and be entrepreneurial. Focus on the goal!
So that was a lot of theory, but what are some practical tips to overcoming procrastination?
Let’s go back to the art example. What do you notice about these two drawings?
The canvas is not pristine. I don’t know if this artist is actually using this technique or just likes the style, but it is illustrative of my point. The tension for the artist was broken, so getting started may have been easier. So!
Some of you may be familiar with Brené Brown - she suggests writing a SFD. The SFD just gets it out there. It’s far easier to be a critic than to be a creator. Do your SFD and critique yourself.
Being persistent will help you to avoid confusing motion with action. Waiting on another team/person/group? It may be worth following up. Stay focused on the goal.
But don’t be a dick.
