Purpose, learning and freedom
(Or - why I chose to work here)
I'm 4 months into a new job. The culture was a big draw for me.
When we talk about our culture we’re talking about a shared way of doing things.
Is it is the glue that helps us to
David Norris
Be One Team
I wasn’t planning on jumping into the lake.
Standing on the shore afterwards, I was surprised how warm I felt. It was a cold
October day and it was drizzling. My feet were grounded on the stony shore and
the icy rush that I had felt only a minute
8 books
In the last year I've been reading and I've come out the other side with a
profound change in my understanding of why the human world is how it is, why we
do what we do and how we make decisions.
We're more connected
Tactics to get a good deal
At some point in life, you're going to need to negotiate. Whether it's buying a
used car, a house, agreeing a salary for a new job, buying (or selling) software
or agreeing terms with an investor, negotiation will come your way whether you
like it or
Initiate
Which start up founder gave us this advice?
> The clear vision is important - then you keep pressing on, or indecision takes
place. Of course you have to be prepared to change plans - it's a balance. Be
inflexible and drive on into trouble, be a ditherer
Good business
As a teenager I couldn't quite get my head around business terminology. Words
like operations, marketing, supply chain and procurement meant nothing to me. It
seemed that business was complicated. My Mum was a Pharmacist and my Dad an
Electrical Engineer. I could understand what they did but
Uncertainty and Risk
> The practical difference between the two categories, risk and uncertainty, is
that in the former the distribution of the outcome in a group of instances is
known (either through calculation a priori or from statistics of past
experience), while in the case of uncertainty this is not true, the
Onboarding new team members - tactics for startups
Think back to what it feels like to start a new job. You have a lot to take in.
I've had some fantastic experiences joining new teams. I've also had some poor
experiences. The good experiences didn't happen by accident. Someone took care
to
Agents of Purpose
This is a blog post I recently wrote for TechCityUK where I am a Scale Coach on
their 2016 Upscale [http://upscaleuk.com/] programme.
> "Whenever there is an execution of purpose, there must be an agent"
– Adoniram Judson
Adoniram Judson was not a Chief Operating Officer of
Daddy, Please Can You Build Me a Zoo?
It turns out that we all have different ways in which we innovate. If you can
identify your default style you can use it to your advantage by putting yourself
into situations where that style is most useful. And if you're an entrepreneur
or work with entrepreneurs, you&