Tag: decision making
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Know what you stand for, and make it accessible
What does your organization or department stand for? What do you stand for? Clearly defining our core values is one of the most difficult and most important things we can do. We’re going to make decisions daily. We can either make them with pre-established guidelines that reflect what we truly value, or we can make them…
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Get started early. Let your mind get to work.
Fred Wilson shares profound advice from his father about problem solving and subconscious information processing: “He explained that I should start working on a project as soon as it was assigned. An hour or so would do fine, he told me. He told me to come back to the project every day for at least…
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Working on a project? Listen to the owners.
In “The math of action” we talked about how action matters as much as creativity for impact. One way to apply this is to filter others’ input through the lens of action and ownership. We often celebrate ideas, but ideas are cheap – implementation makes the difference. In brainstorming sessions, it’s good to hear a wide…
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Good enough stuff
People talk about how Americans consume for meaning. We create who we are by the clothes we wear, the decorations in our homes, and the cars we drive. We shop for entertainment. We get more stuff to fill our time. One way to attempt to avoid the consumption trap is to focus on good enough.…
Jon Sampson 