An earlier post I did on loving obscurity, focused on obscurity as a place to get better. Check out “Wine | Why You Must Love Obscurity” here Not taking advantage of your season of obscurity in pursuing dreams or vision robs you of greater opportunities when the break you hope for comes. Obscurity can be …
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How To Ask Great Questions for Great Learning (Part 2)
In part one of How To Ask Great Questions for Great Learning and Great Leadership, we explored two things to that help in asking questions. Read the post here. Great questions are the basis for great learning. Consider them as tools. Tools are only as effective as how well they are maintained and used. The more …
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How To Ask Great Questions for Great Learning (Part 1)
Questions are a great medium of learning. Great students love and understand the importance of questions. Leaders who do not have appreciation for questions, especially directed at them miss out on opportunities to communicate values and vision to their team. The mark of great students and leaders is not only being able to answer questions …
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Leaders Should Spend Time In The Trenches With Technical Teams
Leaders pool resources and people to make vision happen. They need to have a bird’s-eye view of their enterprise to make sure that the big picture does not morph into something that is not meant to be. At the same time, leaders should spend time in the trenches with technical teams.
Beware The Pigeonhole
If Leonardo DA Vinci lived now and was looking for a job what do you think he’d look for? Artist? Biologist? Inventor? Maybe one or none of them. How about this: Leonardo has the following attributed to him: painter, sculptor, architect, musician, mathematician, engineer, inventor, anatomist, geologist, cartographer, botanist and writer. Imagine he was told to have focus and …