I can’t believe…
The New York Times has is keeping track since Inauguration not only how often the President lies, but also the content of the lies and the corresponding facts.
It is baffling but mostly nauseating that this is the new normal.
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State of Rands Leadership Slack
The Rands Leadership Slack was created on May 17th, 2015 at 12:08pm. I would call this community “vibrant.” Let’s start with stats from this weekend: 1.08 million messages since creation. (67% public, 2% private, 31% DMs) 3882 users. Talking in last seven days: 319. Reading in the same period: 1,159. 285 live channel. 207 archived.… more
The World is Full of Bullshit
The world is full of bullshit right now. Perhaps it’s always been full of bullshit, but I’m sitting here right now, and I feel that we – as a species – have taken the bullshit to an entirely new level. Strongly held beliefs are based on the flimsy opinions delivered by totally unqualified sham journalists… more
Assume They Have Something To Teach You
The daily morning calendar scrub goes like this: Open the calendar and look at the entire day. Note the number of meetings and the amount of unscheduled time. If unscheduled time is zero, die a little inside. For each meeting, ask the internal question, “What do I need to do be prepared for this meeting?”… more
Watch a rocket fall back from space…
100 Days of WTF Just Happened Today?
At the 100 day mark of this presidency, here’s my situation: My Twitter consumption has returned to normal levels. I no longer read every single tweet looking for the next 140 words that are going to piss me off. My ACLU donation is now recurring. I know a lot more about the Federal Budget because… more
The World is Awash in Bullshit
The Utter Uselessness of Job Interviews
Via the New York Times, the money quote:
The key psychological insight here is that people have no trouble turning any information into a coherent narrative. This is true when, as in the case of my friend, the information (i.e., her tardiness) is incorrect. And this is true, as in our experiments, when the information is random. People can’t help seeing signals, even in noise.
Says a lot about a recent election, too.
Radical Efficiency
Silicon Valley earned its name for the early chip-making business which staked early claims in orchard filled valleys. Companies such as Fairchild Semiconductor and later Intel and AMD were in the business of silicon, but they were also in the business of reinventing business introducing such concepts of stock options for employees and openly denying… more
From the 2016 Panic Report
Via Panic Blog:
Defining roles is important What happens when you’re truly a “flat” organization and you have a bunch of incredibly smart people that can all offer valuable input on almost every task happening at any one time? Things can actually slow down a little at times. You want the right people on the right tasks, and you want someone who can make tough decisions and process the possibilities. It’s possible we’ve outgrown complete flatness. We’ll be experimenting with this more into the future, although it’s so tricky — you don’t want people feeling excluded, and you don’t want to extinguish the passion of creating!