Leo Widrich, cofounder of Buffer, shares, via this Zapiers article by Fred Bauters, six steps to getting to an open culture. In summary: 1. Check yourself: are you personally transparent? 2. Be sure other company values are in place 3. Hire with transparency in mind 4. Start slow and steady
Here's an interesting article by Jeff Lonsdale about what he calls the "fungible worker". Jeff examines some of the old arguments about whether technology spells the end of the human worker, whether it will drive everyone out of work, etc. He dismisses the classic Luddite argument
On this glorious first week of the year, it is worth considering who it is that won the day yesterday, in the 11e Arrondissement in France, so that we may stop them from winning the days and weeks and months and years and decades ahead, or at the very least
Summary: * This is almost a boring, clichéed, cheesy idea these days, that your beliefs have power. But it's a powerful idea. * Obviously beliefs don't drive everything. If you get hit by a bus or run over by a train, no matter how much you may believe
Summary: * There's a saying which I always find interesting: "Sleep is when you work with your eyes closed". * Doesn't mean that you're supposed to work while you sleep. It means that while you sleep, there's a lot of unconscious stuff
Somehow I forgot to hit upload yesterday, so this is a day old. And today, after the Badminton yesterday, I had no energy to have any thoughts this morning, other than how much my muscles hurt! So nothing for today. Summary: * Shares are an interesting thing. In the startup scene,
