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Breaking Down Barriers
In life, you will encounter barriers of communication. Often, it’s easier to just walk away from the barrier and look for a different solution. But is that what you want? You walked into that barrier because somewhere behind it, there’s something of value. Often, you’d rather walk around the barrier or climb over it. More [...]
Perfect Or On-Time?
Sure, you want something delivered with perfect quality. And you want to have it in time. But what if you had to choose? Strictly speaking, of the two, timeliness is the one that has more external constraints. Time-to-market can be a factor, but also something like an event. If you’re the sponsor of a major [...]
The World Is Changing
As we enter 2007, an increasingly important trend to watch is that of personal technology. Fueled by the proliferation of Web 2.0, personal technology will be able to offer people connected to the Web to do more. The main areas that will boast great growth are: Communication Tools: More tools will become available that allow [...]
Is Your Brand A Toyota HiLux?
Several years ago, the crew from BBC’s Top Gear attempted to destroy a Toyota HiLux. The pickup truck was, among other things, immerged in seawater, set on fire and dropped from building demolition site. Suffice to say that it endured ample punishment, but in the end, it would still start. You can watch the videos [...]
Mediocrity
I don’t like compromises. Compromise is the opposite of synergy. It’s based on making a choice between multiple elements because they couldn’t work together. Compromises are often introduced to make multiple parties happy. But guess what? Synergy can achieve the same thing. Synergy drives a solution closer to optimal while compromise drives it further away [...]
Altruism Is For Other People
As a founder and member of multiple online communities, I’ve seen the altruistic effects of community in action. To an outsider, it might be baffling to hear that people are willing to voluntarily help another person with a problem or a question. In essence, it might not be so baffling at all. People have knowledge. [...]
Let Your Goal Be Your Pilot
Frequently, pilot projects are initiated to test new products/services. When the pilot is successful, companies prepare the product/service for wide-scale launch. However, there are also instances where the product/service is killed after the pilot wasn’t successful. Re-evaluate. Re-adjust. Re-think. Re-design. What went wrong to warrant a pilot failure? Was the concept thus flawed that an [...]
There Is No Such Thing As Work/Life Balance
A lot of companies claim to respect employees’ “work/life balance”. The only problem is that no such thing exists. Work is part of life for most people and the term “work/life balance” is semantic more than anything else. It basically assumes that “life” consists of all the things you find important or enjoyable. Inversely, “work” [...]
