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T-shaped people need breadth and depth

Breadth of experience, knowledge and sectors and world-class skills in one discipline. As you can imagine, this would set you up pretty well. IDEO famously seek out t-shaped people…

27 Nov 2013

There are 2.2 trillion combinations of an 8 character password

Which, remarkably, still does not mean they are secure. Use a password manager. And use longer passwords if you have to use them. Also see: 2 Factor Authentication Types of Phishing Human Risk Choose Passwords that Make You Happy…

26 Nov 2013

Our atmosphere is as thick for the Earth as the skin on an apple

Helpful reminder of how fragile the atmosphere is despite it looking pretty big when you’re standing outside.…

25 Nov 2013

Match challenge with skills illustration: a chart of skills and challenge shows flow in the center and anxiety and boredom at the edges

Match challenge with skills for flow at work

How to get into flow at work? Match challenge with skills. When your work is too hard for your skill you experience anxiety. When your skill is too high for the work you experience boredom. When your skill is matched with the challenge of the work then you can experience flow. This simple framework comes from the deep insights of the work of Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi and his book Good Business. See, Goldilocks Tasks…How to get into flow at work? Match challenge with skills. When your work is too hard for your skill you experience anxiety. When your skill is too high for the work you experience boredom. When your skill is matched with the challenge of the work then you can experience flow. This simple framework comes from the deep insights of the work of Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi and his book Good Business. See, Goldilocks Tasks

24 Nov 2013

When facilitating, if you’re talking too much, or working too hard, you’re probably doing something wrong

An observation I have made whenever I find myself feeling like facilitating is too hard work.…

23 Nov 2013

Dark and light are the keys to one-way mirrors

One way mirrors definitely do something, but a lot of what they accomplish is also due to maintaining dark on one side and light on another.…

22 Nov 2013

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