Three reasons why your strategy could fail
You’ve developed a strategy and communicated it to your employees – but they don’t seem to get it. Here’s what you can do about it
^ADJ: A great article on strategy, definitely a recommended read!
Create a Work Environment That Fosters Flow
Everywhere we look in business, timetables once measured by calendars can now be clocked by egg timers. So how can we keep up? In a word — and according to an ever-increasing pile of evidence — “flow.”
The Rise of Carry | Risky Finance
In 2006 Howie Hubler was a trader for Morgan Stanley. He correctly predicted that US house prices would fall, and that sub-prime mortgages would be decimated in value. Despite this pinpoint forecasting accuracy, Howie managed to lose around $9 billion in the ensuing financial crisis. It is still the second largest trading loss in history
Is Coffee Good for You? - The New York Times
Good news: Yes! But it depends on the kind of coffee and the quantity.
Stop Worrying About Efficiency. Focus On Being Effective.
Most people researching productivity tips spend about 90% of their time reading about cool new to-do apps, email tools, or note-taking software. In reality, these tools improve your productivity by about only 10%. They make you just a little more efficient.
How to Create the Perfect Meeting Agenda
Read any book on running effective meetings and, chances are, one of the first recommendations is going to be to set an agenda. Managers are often led to believe that having a written plan is the key for an engaging and successful meeting. Sadly, it’s not that easy. Research has actually found little to no relationship between the presence of an agenda and attendees’ evaluation of meeting quality. What matters is not the agenda itself but the relevance and importance of what’s on it, and how the leader facilitates discussion of the agenda items.
^ADJ: in re-reading Radical Candor, I am reminded about keeping weekly meetings simple: 1. Review operating performance 2: Status Updates review 3: Key Decisions that need to be made
The Epidemiological Characteristics of an Outbreak of 2019 Novel Coronavirus Diseases (COVID-19) — China, 2020
Background: An outbreak of 2019 novel coronavirus diseases (COVID-19) in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China has spread quickly nationwide. Here, we report results of a descriptive, exploratory analysis of all cases diagnosed as of February 11, 2020.