Business 3 Questions Investors Ask Themselves When Evaluating a CEO (via HBR) Is the CEO confident, but not overconfident? Is the CEO a straight-talker? Do they know how to listen? Hiring Tap the Talent Your Hiring Algorithms Are Missing (via…
Academy 1/35 USMC AH-1Z – Step 2a
This step was about assembling the air intakes. Here’s the gallery with 16 images of this step. Lessons learned in this step: Metal files (versus sandpaper or sanding sticks) help quickly remove super glue (a.k.a. CA glue). I shouldn’t have…
Professional Development – 2022 – Week 19
Business Why It’s So Hard to Scale a Great Idea (via HBR) False positives — an unrepresentative sample, too little data, or incorrect feedback that gives you confidence in something that’s just not true Biased representatives of the population —…
Professional Development – 2022 – Week 18
Business Case Study: One Employee Went Freelance. Now Everyone Wants the Same Deal (via HBR) There’s too much context to summarize here, but this segment is always my favorite in HBR. To freelance or to have iron-clad contracts with FTEs…
Professional Development – 2022 – Week 17
Customer experience Customer Experience in the Age of AI (via HBR) The company I work for could have been listed in this article, given we’re doing nearly all of the things mentioned here — agile teams, customer focused, personalization. Documentation…
Professional Development – 2022 – Week 16
Career Starting a New Job as a Mid-Career Professional (via HBR) Build relationships — be curious about others, respect the history of what already exists Dig deep into the business — learn the company and the culture (the article had…
Professional Development – 2022 – Week 15
AI Robots Need Us More Than We Need Them (via HBR) Make AI more human and less artificial Manage info, don’t just amass it Unleash your employees’ talent Build adaptable, living systems We’re all tech companies now Change management Change…
Professional Development – 2022 – Week 14
Career How to Make Progress on Your Long-Term Career Goals (via HBR) Decide what you don’t want Narrow things down to a few avenues Make progress on the fundamentals Take stock of your emotional and mental energy Overcoming Self-Doubt in…
Academy 1/35 USMC AH-1Z – Step 1d
This step was about assembling the fuselage and the landing skids. Here’s the gallery with 61 images of this step. Lessons learned in this step: The two halves didn’t fit together, likely because of that protruding piece (sorry, I don’t…
Professional Development – 2022 – Week 13
Analytics Your Data Initiatives Can’t Just Be for Data Scientists (via HBR) “Without buy-in from your company’s rank and file, even the cleverest AI-derived model will sit idle and ‘data-driven decision-making’ will just go around in circles. Companies need to…