Category: Self-Awareness
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Reading a report on ‘5 business trends in 2023’, (you can read at this download link), IBM points out the importance of having a clear sustainability plan. Sustainability has been a word you heard about all the time starting more than ten years ago, and this is not new news. Business executives who might be…
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‘Run your own race, don’t compare your success to others and keep your eye on the prize,’ writes Danielle Page in this article on metrics of success. I like ‘run your own race.’ I’ve not seen that one before, cool. Like many other articles on the subject of success, Page starts with the idea that…
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There’s a thing called ‘failure to launch’ syndrome that is a pop psychology term landing across my desk, yesterday. Completely get that this is a thing, as I have personally seen it over and over again. The thing I see is this. People, mostly people under the age of thirty, are so, so stuck. Thinking. Overthinking.…
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‘Experience alone does not necessarily lead to learning; deliberate reflection on experience is essential:’ Wikipedia ‘Be patient toward all that is unresolved in your heart and try to love the questions themselves… Do not… seek the answers, which cannot be given to you because you would not be able to live them. And the…
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The word came up, ‘community.’ In handfuls of conversations. Online and offline. What does it mean, though? I once co-hosted a conversation party in Seattle at Kornerhaus, which was DK’s office at that time. The talk was called ‘Gather: What does it mean to have community?’ I used to love to get people together in…
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On knowing when to call it quits, accept sunk costs, here is Issue #205: S P A C E | ‘Fallen Leaves’
When plans fail, strategies break, or things that used to matter don’t anymore. It’s time to start a fresh chapter for S P A C E. The autumn series is themed ‘Fallen Leaves.’ This is also the title of Issue #205. It will be published on Tuesday. If you are new to Design Kompany,…
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[deleted]… I sort of off the cuff asked it. ‘Do you know why your people work for you?’ There was some fidgeting… visible. In less than one second, I realized… this person didn’t know. I also remembered what RS, a former client who also had an extensive sales background, had said to me. You only get eleven…
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‘Make personal reflection a business priority’ ‘By creating a space for honest discussions about purpose—including your own—your team will hopefully be more willing to explore the topic for themselves… A “purpose audit” can help. Create the time that people need to consider how their work is fitting into the bigger picture, using the nine types…
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This week’s issue is in the shop. It’s an essay, this time. Here’s a link. https://designkompany.gumroad.com/l/nftrk Thanks!