I tell you one thing –
if you want peace of mind,
Author: onetusk
Greatness is anonymity
“Greatness is anonymity, to be anonymous is the greatest thing. Continue reading
Flow, the secret to happiness
A butterfly is a transformation, not a better caterpillar.
Death: Life’s change agent
Remembering that I’ll be dead soon is the most important tool I’ve ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything — all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure – these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important. Continue reading
Random Quotes on Simplicity
Simplicity’s best friend : Small Groups of Smart People
The quality of work resulting from an undertaking is inversely proportional to the number of people involved and directly proportional to the degree of involvement by the ultimate decision maker. Continue reading
How many other things are we missing as we rush through life?
In Washington DC, at a metro station, on a cold January morning in 2007, a man with a violin played for 43 minutes whilst approximately 1,100 people passed through the station, most of them on their way to work. Continue reading
Simplicity is the love child of two of the most powerful forces in business : Brains and Common Sense.
For a concept that’s supposed to be obvious, Simplicity can be difficult to describe. It can be a choice, a feeling, or a guiding light. Continue reading
Former Apple ad man Ken Segall talks Steve Jobs, simplicity in Time interview
In an interview with Time on Tuesday, Ken Segall, a former creative director of Apple ad agency TBWA/Chiat/Day who worked with the late Steve Jobs at Apple and NeXT, discussed a wide range of topics including his time collaborating on the Cupertino tech giant’s ad campaigns….
….Segall is in a unique position to offer insight into the inner workings of Apple’s advertising process after being involved in the company’s ad campaigns for 12 years. Among his team’s accomplishments are the naming of the “iMac” and the “Think Different” campaign, the latter kickstarting Apple’s initial rise following the return of cofounder Steve Jobs. Segall has done subsequent work for large tech companies Dell and IBM.
Structural flexibility (2) : You have to build adaptability into your company’s DNA.
A. Embrace a grand challenge. You can’t build an adaptable organization without adaptable people—and individuals change only when they have to, or when they want to. In most companies, deep change is crisis-driven. People are pushed into the icy waters of change by circumstances outside of their control. But every day human beings all over the world rush out to embrace change—because they are seduced by an opportunity to do something big, exciting or noble. So if you want people to change ahead of the curve, you have to give them something worth changing for. Continue reading
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