50% of success is determined by 1% of effort, so get that 1% right and win
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I’ve always felt that the “80-20” principle is overrated. Working 70-hour weeks on intense strategy consulting gigs I wondered why I am getting smashed despite religiously focusing on the proverbial top-20% of causes that drive 80% of effects. My natural laziness helped me realise that the principle needs a little tweak, which makes it 20x…
Every time we open our mouth, send an email or text we either ADD or DESTROY value. There’s nothing in between. The hard part is…
Cutting to the chase, we are driven by two emotions: HOPE and FEAR. Yin and yang of motivation. Carrot and stick. FEAR of failure, loss,…
Every day we face choices that make our life a bit simpler or a bit more complex. It’s worth being mindful of the paths we choose.
Good decision-making takes us half-way to success, but too often we jump to “making the right decision” without first thinking “which decision we must get right”….
Cutting to the chase, two things define our career trajectory – our abilities to problem-solve and self-develop. PROBLEM-SOLVING is about converting intellectual horsepower (IQ) into…
Some companies choose not to have a dedicated in-house strategy team and that’s perfectly fine. Among those who do have them, these teams rarely perform…
Famous Apple’s mantra that in designing a product for every “YES” there are 1,000 “NOs” can apply to the way organisations manage their “ideas portfolio”….
Build or buy? This is one of the central conundrums of becoming digital, which we will try to tackle in this third article in our…
Growing up in the digital age can be tough. Kids have information coming at them from all sides as they come in to a world…