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Dis!Organize Ep. 71: Insights Disorganize.

September 16, 2020July 26, 2020 ThisMuchWeKnow

When you attend a conference or speaking event, the panelists or keynotes are often introduced as “insightful.” Insight is what we seek. That’s why we attend.  They have discovered or uncovered or reimagined something and they are going to share with … Continue reading Dis!Organize Ep. 71: Insights Disorganize.

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Dis!Organize Ep. 70: People Want Holes.

September 15, 2020July 22, 2020 ThisMuchWeKnow

There is a quote attributed to the economist Theodore Levitt that I read like an epiphany: “People don’t want to buy a quarter-inch drill, they want a quarter-inch hole.” It is so obvious, yet mind blowing. It makes us reconsider … Continue reading Dis!Organize Ep. 70: People Want Holes.

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Dis!Organize Ep. 69: Teach Me Something (I Don’t Know).

September 14, 2020July 22, 2020 ThisMuchWeKnow

A few years ago I wrote a post titled “Teach me something I don’t know.” It was about the question that Google Founder Sergiy Brin apparently asks interviewees. Put on the spot, interviewees “…think for a minute, and then their … Continue reading Dis!Organize Ep. 69: Teach Me Something (I Don’t Know).

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Cannabis Diaries Week 48: Unpredictability.

September 12, 2020September 11, 2020 ThisMuchWeKnow

The cannabis industry is going round in circles month after month, quarter after quarter. It is so depressing. Write downs, production cuts, international contraction, the slow merger of retail, the slow price reduction, the slow victory of legal over illicit, … Continue reading Cannabis Diaries Week 48: Unpredictability.

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Dis!Organize Ep. 68: Manufacture Serendipity.

September 11, 2020July 22, 2020 ThisMuchWeKnow

We have hopefully all experienced the wonderful moment of serendipity, where events just seem to naturally coalesce around us with a happy outcome. Serendipity is often synonymous with “luck” but there is more to it. We can manufacture serendipity, we can put … Continue reading Dis!Organize Ep. 68: Manufacture Serendipity.

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Dis!Organize Ep. 67: Learning is Public.

September 10, 2020July 22, 2020 ThisMuchWeKnow

Learning should not be part of a performance management process, privately applied by you and annually discussed between you and your line manager. Learning should be public.  “Work is learning and learning is the work,” says Harold Jarche.  We should share … Continue reading Dis!Organize Ep. 67: Learning is Public.

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Dis!Organize Ep. 66: Explain Yourself.

September 9, 2020July 22, 2020 ThisMuchWeKnow

Resumes suck, and Aline Lerner has the data to prove it, concluding “at the end of the day, the resume is a low-signal document.”  No doubt. A list of where you worked, the titles you held, the qualifications you earned. Very … Continue reading Dis!Organize Ep. 66: Explain Yourself.

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Dis!Organize Ep. 65: Pick up the Lingo.

September 8, 2020July 22, 2020 ThisMuchWeKnow

Be careful of organizational swear words. (maybe it’s “Agile!” or “Disruption!”).  The kind of words that are always used with quotation marks and a roll of the eyes. Instead, listen hard for the organizational words and ideas that matter, that have the … Continue reading Dis!Organize Ep. 65: Pick up the Lingo.

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Dis!Organize Ep. 64: Under the Stairs.

September 7, 2020July 22, 2020 ThisMuchWeKnow

Working out loud is the process by which you make your work a) observable; and b) narrated. I first started working out loud online. Eventually, I built enough confidence to make it a physical undertaking.  I moved my desk under the … Continue reading Dis!Organize Ep. 64: Under the Stairs.

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Dis!Organize Ep. 63: Get Rid of Titles.

September 4, 2020July 22, 2020 ThisMuchWeKnow

The number one challenge for talented people is that the talent does not match the title or job description. We are talking about creating the role that manifests your genius. It is unlikely the company will decree it. You need to make … Continue reading Dis!Organize Ep. 63: Get Rid of Titles.

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Dis!Organize Ep. 62: Embrace Ambiguity.

September 3, 2020July 22, 2020 ThisMuchWeKnow

If you are curious, if you are a learner and willing to change and to grow, you are asking lots of questions.  The questions you ask are not the simple ones. They are open-ended, and the answers you get back will be … Continue reading Dis!Organize Ep. 62: Embrace Ambiguity.

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Dis!Organize Ep. 61: Rocky Balboa.

September 2, 2020July 22, 2020 ThisMuchWeKnow

I am a huge fan of the Rocky movie franchise. Stallone really nails the hero’s journey through battle, failure and redemption. The Disorganizer in me feels his pain, and the sweetly melancholic victory. By Rocky VI, the protagonist may have … Continue reading Dis!Organize Ep. 61: Rocky Balboa.

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