Leadership
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How to communicate numbers…
People’s capacity for memory is enhanced when numbers are CONVERTED INTO CONCEPTS they can comprehend 🧐 📍A number may not always be necessary to communicate a point. CREATE A STORY INSTEAD, ELIMINATES THE NEED FOR NUMBERS 🤔 📚In “MAKING NUMBERS COUNT: The Art and Science of Communicating Numbers” Stanford Business School professor Chip Heath and co-writer Karla Starr find that “nobody really understands numbers.” 🤯 🧠 The human brain IS NOT CAPABLE of quickly recognizing quantities BIGGER THAN FIVE. However, even someone who struggles with basic arithmetic, may understand numbers when you transform them into ANALOGIES, COMPARISONS, and CONVERSIONS 🤓 In a world that is becoming more and more dependent…
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Times of emergency can help us clarify our priorities
Very often we learn too late WHAT IS TRULY IMPORTANT 🥹 The TITANIC struck an iceberg 🚢late on April 14, 1912, and sank to the bottom of the sea, killing 1,523 of the 2,228 men, women, and children who were on board. The last few minutes of the tragic ship’s journey are vividly described in the survivor accounts, which are rich with both insight and foolishness, as well as acts of both heroism and selfishness 🧐 🪖Major ARTHUR GODFREY PEUCHEN 🎖was one of the many affluent guests traveling on the Titanic’s inaugural voyage; he survived while 11 other millionaires perished. As the ship was being evacuated, Peuchen recalled going back…
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Suerte
❝SOY GRAN CREYENTE EN LA SUERTE, y he descubierto que mientras más duro trabajo más suerte tengo❞ Stephen Leacock
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Weekly exam
1️⃣ Wake up with energy 🔌2️⃣ Be thankful 🙏🏻3️⃣ Laugh 😆4️⃣ Focus on what I can control 🎯5️⃣ Winners learn 👨🏻🔬, losers complain 😩6️⃣ Reinforce other people’s achievements ✅7️⃣ Speak well of someone 💬8️⃣ Surround with those who give me positive experiences ∑9️⃣ Help others with my actions ☺️🔟 Imitate the best 🏄🏼♂️
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Customer innovation
“When scanning for signals of EMERGING CHANGE, the difficulty is not in finding information; it is in WHAT TO ATTEND to and what you can ignore.” Marion Debruyne. The perspective of your existing customers views the market close up and in depth. This narrow market view gives you the clearest and MOST RELIABLE PICTURE. Your goal is to UNDERSTAND 🧐 and UTILIZE the INSIGHTS 💡your customers can offer. HELP YOUR CUSTOMERS TO IMPROVE THEIR RESULTS‼️ Many companies prioritize innovation, but incremental and breakthrough changes are challenging 🏄🏼♂️ Try to pursue opportunities for small improvements. Making frequent small-step product/services fixes requires a culture that EMBRACES CHANGE, and so does implementing market-changing…
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Cielo e Infierno
❝En cierta ocasión, un belicoso samurai desafió a un anciano maestro zen a que le explicara los conceptos de CIELO e INFIERNO. Pero el monje replicó con desprecio:—¡No eres más que un patán y no puedo malgastar mi tiempo con tus tonterías! El samurai, herido en su honor, montó en CÓLERA y, desenvainando la espada, exclamó:—Tu impertinencia te costará la vida.—¡Eso —replicó entonces el maestro— es el INFIERNO! Conmovido por la exactitud de las palabras del maestro sobre la cólera que le estaba atenazando, el samurai se CALMÓ, envainó la espada y se postró ante él, AGRADECIDO.—¡Y eso —concluyó entonces el maestro—, eso es el CIELO!❞ Daniel Goleman, “La inteligencia…
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Change your world
❝Life’s most persistent and urgent question is ‘WHAT ARE YOU DOING FOR OTHERS?’❞(Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.) Are you ready to step up and CHANGE THINGS FOR THE BETTER – and in the process, CHANGE YOURSELF as well? If not, you may suffer from the defeatist mind-set that afflicts many people. That contagious negativity confines you to a small box that prevents you from making a positive difference. Moving from passive non-involvement OBSERVER 🧐 to an ACTIVE PROBLEM SOLVER 👨🏻🔬 is a 4️⃣-step process. 📌 “I WANT TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE” – You need conviction, compassion and hope 🤩. Doing good makes people feel good.📌 “WITH PEOPLE WHO MAKE A DIFFERENCE” – The…
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Amplitud
La HIPERESPECIALIZACIÓN es un desafío en el mundo actual, pues la cantidad de conocimiento humano es más vasta que nunca. El conocimiento público se expande rápidamente, permitiendo que los PERFILES CURIOSOS contribuyan a resolver problemas que antes solo manejaban los especialistas. ¡Qué difícil es presentar conceptos complejos de una forma sencilla! David Epstein lo consigue en “RANGE” 📚Contribuye a ello quizás su experiencia en Sports Illustrated, donde debe escoger un perfil amplio que le garantice alcanzar una vasta audiencia 🏄🏼♂️ Hablando de especialistas, defiende Epstein, que se enfocan tanto en detalles propios de su campo que llegan incluso a distorsionar su pensamiento. Su experiencia en la ZONA DE DOMINIO les…
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¿Qué nos motiva?
𝔼xisten tres necesidades psicológicas en la CIENCIA DE LA MOTIVACIÓN para establecer los vínculos más esenciales entre el quehacer y las RAZONES PARA HACERLO, que son “autonomía, relaciones personales y competencia” 👨🏼🏫 · AUTONOMÍA – Contar con la LIBERTAD PARA EJERCER LA VOLUNTAD Y TOMAR DECISIONES es uno de los grandes cimientos de lo humano. Una empresa que permite que sus colaboradores TOMEN DECISIONES 🧭, a pequeña y gran escala, respecto a su trabajo reforzará el sentido de pertenencia y compromiso. · RELACIONES PERSONALES – El sentido social es uno de los pilares de la humanidad. FORMAR VÍNCULOS y tener un SENTIDO DE COMUNIDAD es una de las actividades intrínsecas…
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Strategic Agility
❝STRATEGIC AGILITY❞ is the ability to IMPROVE PERFORMANCE— not just survive, but thrive— AMID DISRUPTION. MICHAEL WADE and others share in last HBR “Special Spring ’22” 𝐒𝐈𝐗 PRINCIPLES to Build Your Company’s Strategic Agility 1️⃣ Prioritize SPEED over perfection 🚅 Opportunities come and go quickly during a crisis, so organizations need to be ready and WILLING TO ACT QUICKLY, even if they sacrifice quality and predictability in the process. 2️⃣Prioritize FLEXIBILITY over planning ↔️Strategy is often taught in business schools as a cascade of choices around where to play and how to win. However, in a crisis, a strategic plan can easily become an anchor that locks an organization onto a path…
