Dates covered: April 29 – May 5, 2019 (week 18 of 52) Business What Companies Should Consider Before Investing in Smart Speakers (via Harvard Business Review) Avoid overly complex applications. “Today’s voice-enabled devices still struggle to grasp the difference between…
Battle Damaged F-4G Phantom: Part 6
(Scroll all the way to the bottom of the post to skip to the YouTube video.) In the previous post I prepped the main aircraft body for painting by applying some primer. This post covers the air intakes — finishing…
Professional Development – 2019 – Week 17
Dates covered: April 22-28, 2019 (week 17 of 52) Business Case Study: Should a Direct-to-Consumer Company Start Selling on Amazon? (via Harvard Business Review) Given I don’t do much with marketing, this was an interesting article about whether an e-bike…
Battle Damaged F-4G Phantom: Part 5
(Scroll all the way to the bottom of the post to skip to the YouTube video.) In the previous post I filled the numerous gaps where the pieces didn’t quite line up. This post covers prepping the main aircraft body…
Professional Development – 2019 – Week 16
Dates covered: April 15-21, 2019 (week 16 of 52) Business What the Grocery Stores Holding Their Own Against Amazon Are Doing Right (via Harvard Business Review) As we march into the future, gone are the days of going to a…
Professional Development – 2019 – Week 15
Dates covered: April 8-14, 2019 (week 15 of 52) Business The “Two Weeks’ Notice” Approach to Changing Jobs Is Bad for Companies and Employees (via Harvard Business Review) In some industries and age groups, job hopping is the norm; this…
Battle Damaged F-4G Phantom: Part 4
In the previous post I assembled the cockpit, fuselage, wings, and the empennage. This post covers filling the numerous gaps where the pieces didn’t quite line up. (Scroll all the way to the bottom of the post to skip to…
Professional Development – 2019 – Week 14
Dates covered: April 1-7, 2019 (week 14 of 52) Business The Innovation Equation (via Harvard Business Review) There are four parameters: equity fraction (what you get from outcomes instead of rank — hard equity = financial stakes, soft equity =…
Professional Development – 2019 – Week 13
Dates covered: March 25-31, 2019 (week 13 of 52) Business Salespeople, Stop Worrying About Being Liked (via Harvard Business Review) Everyone wants to be liked; however, a recent study showed that for salespeople, the ones who focused on being liked…
Professional Development – 2019 – Week 12
Dates covered: March 18-24, 2019 (week 12 of 52) Business Sales Teams Aren’t Great at Forecasting. Here’s How to Fix That. (via Harvard Business Review) The most harmful behaviors are (1) withholding bad news, (2) maintaining two sets of books,…