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July 2024 - on the virtue of dumb plans, the leadership blindside, strategy choices, and what your team can and should do
this is issue #66
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Technology is doing more with less
Simon Sarris on careful technology: If people hate technology and think it clashes with nature, I find it hard to blame technology. We have careless technology because we are careless in evaluating it. We demand too little of it, or we are willing to sacrifice too much for too little
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June 2024 - on the impact of hybrid WFH on performance and quitting, overlooked skills, profanity, and getting people to drive the process
Issue 65
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Large Language Models -- LLMs: it's technology, not intelligent agents
Alison Gopnik [bolds are mine]: A much better way of thinking about them is as a technology that allows humans to access information from many other humans and use that information to make decisions. We have been doing this for as long as we’ve been human. Language itself you
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Unemployment benefits in OECD countries (2024)
Note that five of these top six countries have some of the highest personal income taxes in the world. Source: Lu, Marcus. “Where Unemployment Benefits Are the Highest, in OECD Countries.” Visual Capitalist, 17 June 2024, www.visualcapitalist.com/unemployment-benefits-in-oecd-countries/. Accessed 18 June 2024.
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On writing what you know
Simon Sarris: A benefit of prioritizing creation and then sharing it is that you might inspire others along with yourself. And if you are creating while learning in public, you may find others who come along and help you.
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livre- Mes histoires, Jean Chrétien
Un achat compulsif à l'aéroport de Montréal. Je l'ai lu d'un seul trait. La prose et le contenu sont sans prétention. Une anecdote après l'autre, sans aucun plan de rédaction particulier. On y reconnaît Jean Chrétien: intelligent, vaillant et souvent pince-sans-
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May 2024 - forget goals, essential interview questions, being a follower, and you can't always optimize
this is issue #64
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April 2024 - most work is new work, learn to change your mind, don't hoard talent, and what's better than feedback
issue #63
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March 2024 - a corporate tragedy, business and dopamine, people-centric, and be the only
the 62nd issue
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February 2024 - on business and addiction, the slow pace of change, and asking better questions
issue #61
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January 2024 - rules for leading, questions worth answering, and a definition of success
Issue #60