- Opinions not answers
- Board: Multiple bosses who don’t have context and have a lot of opinions.
- Never surprise me
- X → Y, x happens and we ascribe value that likely influences Y. So whether you believe ‘everything happens for a reason’ we make reasons.
- Process promise: Do what’s right + I think is best, then I can live w/ myself.
- Who, not what. I’m not my title.
- How to assess my current state (what questions to ask)
- Leadership as process.
- What are my differentiators?
- What are my LIMFACs? What’s the minimum in that area?
Leadership → Influence → Relate
- If we start from relate, then it makes susceptibility to influence, then that increases their desire for leadership
- Ike: Art of getting someone else to do something you want done - because he wants to do it
- If I can related, I can be influenced, and if I can be influenced I could be led
What comes first? You’re a fantastic X person helping the company or you’re helping run the company and are good at X
- How to arrive to leaders above you in service of the whole w/ respect to your piece so that they see/feel your’ thinking about the whole (gestalt)
Self reflection precedes balance. And goal is to not be surprised. Practical examples
- Average company could reduce the work they do by 20/25% w/o any impact. Try new things…
- Tyranny of custom.
- “A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines.”
- Why am I doing this? Do I need to keep doing this? Do I need to keep doing this, this way?
- When you’re asked a ? from a senior [Long tail syndrome, and fresh paint]
- Is that the right ?. So now I understand the intent
- If it is, then what do they actually want to know? What’s the minimal amount of information necessary?
- How much do you need to do at what level?
- Two-up, one down
- What takes you # of hours that you could swap for something else
- Then, what are the non negotiables?
- How to double and triple dip
We need #s to feel finitude. Make sure you know where you’re spending your time. Framing finitude
- Tim Urban
I’m doing this for… rationalizing distance
Confusion between activity & productivity
Misunderstood quote and not be more liked than respected and the directionality of those two
- Say-do gap and values
Assumptions
- Minimize assumptions
- Clearer expectations routinely communicated
- Accountability w/ follow-through
XY where answers fall on the x axis and y rise. As you get further in your career. Draw this
Then draw his circle of concern and influence being a mismatch. If your circle of concern is massive and influence small, then you set yourself up for mismatch of expectations etc.
Lens and filters
Values → people → direction → effective communication → motivation and team engagement → execution → Change + Controversy + Crisis → Best Citizen
- Change spectrum, when to be a ‘change agent’ and create effective change
- Steve Jobs wave metaphor. The wave isn’t in the moment…
- Change + Uncertainty = Chaos
🐘 in rooms… exceptions become the exception
- There are no secrets… Everyone knows
OKRs + hybrid squads + agile = Andre thoughts on teaming
If you stay where you are…
- Grow & Learn
- Add a lot of value
- Having fun
Loyalty: There’s a paradox where you project loyalty that could further entrench
- Control and choice. Maximize them.
The faster you make yourself replaceable, the faster you have a new thing to do
Not many things you can’t predict. It’s a when, not if
- WHat i Know as a fact
- What I don’t know
- How quickly I’ll get back to you on step 2
Albert Hirschman - the big dig, and why Japan was so effective afterwards. Send to him.
Talk about what you’re going to do to force you to live into a person/reality that makes you do the work
How will you measure your life.
Concern
What do we owe those who hate us from a place of relatability
Buckets → What are you even trying to balance? What’s the goal? Is there a goal for each? And what % would you put on the each of these 6 goal vs reality? What’s the difference or spread
- Career and ed
- Reduce the unnecessary work
- Family and friends
- Faith
- Health
- Scott Galloway sweat line
- Fun
- Make one choice that eliminates all the other choices
- Best citizen