For those who don’t know, Masters of Scale is, “an original podcast hosted by LinkedIn Co-Founder and Greylock Partner Reid Hoffman showing how companies grow from zero to a gazillion. The series unfolds like a music-infused detective story as Hoffman tests his theories with famous founders. Masters of…
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Podcast Thoughts: Masters of Scale
Tagged with: confirmation bias, Dave Caputo, hypothesis, luck, Masters of Scale, money, narrative fallacy, Reid Hoffman, scalability, scaling, survivor bias, theory
Posted in Everything, Management
Posted in Everything, Management
Book Report: Success and Luck
“If any of you go running or ride a bike, you’ll know that when you’re running of bicycling into the wind, you’re very aware of it. You just can’t wait till the course turns around and you’ve got the wind…
Tagged with: Amos Tversky, behavioural economics, Branko Milanovic, Charlie Munger, David Brooks, E.B. White, economics, Italo Calvino, luck, meritocracy, Napolean Bonaparte, Robert H. Frank, success, Success and Luck, taxes, The Improbability Principle, Tom Gilovich, wealth gap
Posted in Books, Leadership, Math and Science
Posted in Books, Leadership, Math and Science
Behind the Scenes of a Live Product Demo
This post can be considered at least partially a follow-up to Seven Tips to More Effective Public Speaking… When Brent and I presented at the CableLabs Winter Conference, it was a great experience. We formed part of the Innovation Showcase,…
Tagged with: Brent Stockman, demonstrations, Lee Brooks, lessons, luck, presentation, public speaking, technology, The Pitch
Posted in Marketing
Posted in Marketing
The Seating Plan Shuffle
Recently, my team moved to a different location in the office. On paper, this has two major benefits: We are now closer to the Product Management team I am no longer the closest person to the door, so I no…
Tagged with: luck, productivity, randomness, seating plans, synergy, Underpants Gnomes
Posted in Everything, Management
Posted in Everything, Management
Dilbert on Leadership
I’m a Dilbert fan. As an engineer who now works in marketing, and compounds that sacrilege by working in management, I see the humour from many angles perhaps more than most. Every so often, Dilbert tackles leadership, and more often…
Tagged with: circle of control, crucial conversations, Dilbert, John Wooden, leadership, luck, negotiating, psychopathy, randomness, storytelling
Posted in Books, Leadership, Management
Posted in Books, Leadership, Management
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