Tag: worldview

  • Words and Maturity

    Words are very powerful symbols. Sentences? Even more so. It takes courage to write in public when maturity arrives. Your words can provoke ideas and judgments from others. Judgments from others, if also made public, can test your maturity and your ability to accept them. Images and symbols are not as straightforward as words. At…

  • AI Value x Workforce Value, a systems approach

    Since the first day I saw the news about entire sectors of the so called creative economy being destroyed by AI, I began to think of the dynamics of this process. So I put together this very simple model that connects AI value to (human) Workforce Value into the same system. Looking at the AI…

  • Do Unforgettable Work

    Some thoughts deserve to be forever available online. This one from Taylor Town is a true gem. On 20230727 https://taylor.town/do-unforgettable-work ### Do unforgettable work. This is not hyperbole. At minimum, customers must think you are superhuman. Respond instantly. Finish work quickly. Check in frequently. Proactively prevent problems. Deliver stellar quality. Exceed expectations in every possible…

  • You are not a magician, you are an entertainer

    People are very creative now when describing themselves in the ‘About’ section of their LinkedIn profile pages. Are we really capable of describing ourselves accurately? How good are we in the task of evaluating ourselves and describing difficult aspects of us like ‘competencies’? No, not a magician. Maybe you are in the business of making…

  • Things you need to know to be in the game

    last updated on September 14, 2023. Click the image to enlarge it.

  • Hard Things I Can Do

    Inspired by Nat Eliason’s great piece of philosophy, here are the hard things I think I can do.

  • Every person on the planet should have their own website

    Amin Eftegarie makes an excellent point on personal websites and Archive.org — that once you publish something online, there are good chances that it would become eternally available via Archive.org. On the other hand, content you publish inside walled gardens like social media may vanish after a handful of years of account activity or be…

  • Endomarketing (2023)

    Endomarketing é o conjunto de práticas de comunicação que uma empresa adota para mobilizar seus colaboradores e parceiros. Um “marketing para dentro”. Dias atrás visitei o varejista Nicom para comprar materiais para uma pintura de ambientes. Fiquei surpreso com a transparência e com a simplicidade na comunicação interna sobre as metas comerciais da empresa. Os…