High Technology Entrepreneurs and the Patent System
Results of the 2008 Berkeley Patent Survey.
Results of the 2008 Berkeley Patent Survey.
Presentation Zen:Lessons to be learned from Pixar:Depth of knwledge, necessary but insufficient.Importance of breadth and communication and collaboration skillsCommunication skills are under appreciated "soft-skill" areas, and collaboration is rarely mentioned at all.Perhaps today the notion of collaboration is being taught more in schools. Collaboration is hard because it requires mastery, breadth, empathy, and solid communication [...]
¿Cómo se establece un objetivo? ¿Qué intenta conseguir un objetivo?¿Cómo se mide la consecución del mismo? Las respuestas a estas preguntas son muy interesantes a la hora de entender porqué todos los objetivos son aleatorios y, en todo caso, no son mas que un deseo expresado en cifras basados en lo que hemos hecho hasta [...]
Es una cuestión de probabilidades ... siempre que existan tres colas o más. Por cierto ... con una sola cola asunto resuelto.Un interesante video de The Engineer Guy (click en la imagen para verlo).
En Bloomberg How to Make an American Job Before It's Too Late.Una interesante reflexión de Andy Grove (intel) , en la que me parece ver una cierta opsición hacia la globalización (tal y como se suele entender y que yo creo que es malentendida).
Patagonia:“Queríamos que cuando las olas subieran y la nieve descendiera, los empleados estuvieran donde deben estar: afuera”“Como yo nunca había querido ser empresario, ahora necesitaba unas cuantas razones para serlo. Había una cosa que no quería cambiar, incluso aunque nos pusiéramos serios: el trabajo debía ser algo de lo que poder disfrutar a diario. Todos [...]
“Do the difficult things while they are easy and do the great things while they are small. A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.” ~Lao Tzu13 small things to simplify your workday:1 Start early2 Limit your hours3 Make a short list4 Batch distractions5 Write shorter emails6 Limit meetings7 Automate8 Eliminate [...]
“Before enlightenment; chop wood, carry water. After enlightenment; chop wood, carry water.” ~Zen proverb"In the chaos of the modern world, there is a beauty in simply doing.We’re buffeted wildly by whatever emails, conversations, news, events, demands, that are going on around us. Our minds become a constant deluge of thoughts dwelling in the past, worries [...]
37signals runs entirely without debt.We actually trust our employees.We speak our minds — even when it’s inconvenient, controversial, or risking offense to some of our customers or partners.Now, all this is technically possible without the freedom of profitability, but it certainly wouldn’t be natural or common.(37signals' svn blog)
1. Tell me my role, tell me what to do, and give me the rules.2. Discipline my coworker who is out of line.3. Get me excited.4. Don't forget to praise me.5. Don't scare me.6. Impress me.7. Give me some autonomy.8. Set me up to win.Interesante ... qué menos viniendo de Harvard Business Review ;-)