Incentives are the strongest force in the world. They explain why good people do awful things, why smart people do stupid things, and why ordinary people do amazing things. Nearly everyone underestimates how much their own beliefs and actions are influenced by their incentives, many of which are designed to fulfill someone else’s goals.
AI is going to put billions out of work. And its a good thing.
despite the incredible shift of data to cloud services (improving accessibility/latency) and the venture-fueled explosion of the "Modern Data Stack" over the past 5y, the vast majority of companies are still... not very good at working with their data to make business decisions
Lisa Bodell's executive exercise to "Kill your own company" I challenged each of those groups to identify who their number one competitor was. And then I said, "Pretend you're that competition. Pretend you have that hat on. I want you to put yourself out of business." I mean -- the room lit on fire. They were so excited, because I gave them permiss... See more