On Innovation and Being Innovative: Global Entrepreneurship Summit 2016 Silicon Valley
When I moved to Silicon Valley, I attended many meetups and networking events for entrepreneurs. The experience quickly shattered the ideological impression I had of Silicon Valley. It came as … Continue reading
On Hiring: Reference Checks
Reference checks can be insightful when making a hiring decision but this step is sometimes overlooked. Here are my notes for when I trained first time managers on hiring. To … Continue reading
On Quick Performance Notes
Confrontation is hard. All too often, managers don’t take the time to provide quick feedback because of it. It may be easier to batch them up for an annual performance review, … Continue reading
On Calling Upon Your Best Self
Some days it is easy to feel like the world is purposely against us, where the slogan for resistentialism, “Les chose sont contre nous (things are against us)” best describes … Continue reading
On Concept Vocabulary: Purple Squirrel
One metric of the development of a unique culture can be the vocabulary its community creates or existing terms that take on new meaning. We’ve heard many come out of Silicon … Continue reading
On Concept Vocabulary: Déformation Professionnelle
If I love the German language for its ability to make up a term about pretty much everything into one long word, I appreciate the French language for capturing a … Continue reading
On Giving Up Power
“The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any.” ~Alice Walker Another quote that reminds us of the merits of “fake it til … Continue reading
On New Knowledge vs. Reminders
Commenting on the popularity of self-help books, an author who felt like her book was more a helpful book rather than a self-help book, said: “More people need to be … Continue reading
On Corrective Actions (Rock Management or Suggesting Changes)
“Bring me a rock,” said the boss. You bring a rock and the boss responds, “Nope, that’s not it.” Then loop that routine several times, where each time you bring … Continue reading
On Decisiveness
It’s easy to stress about making decisions, because it feels like it will lock in a particular outcome where there is no going back, as with the proverbial die. “iacta … Continue reading
Sticky Notes of Thoughts 