Studies have shown the ideal team size for maximum efficiency per person on a project is three to five people. This assumes the highest quality of people where everyone is talented, engaged and driven. There is often a big jump in production and quality when a project goes from one to two people. The team grows by 100
I’m fascinated by the word “elegance.” Elegance has been described as the point of maximum results with minimal energy used. If you think of a dancer that is described as elegant, they perform the same moves as the average dancer, but their motions seem almost effortless. No wasted motion or energy. Fluidity and beauty taken
The type of critical reframing that’s essential to the way we communicate is depicted in this short award-winning film from the Cannes Film Festival. You’ll see how a small change in language can attract people and dramatically create results. Pay close attention, the subtitles flash quickly. What I notice, in short, is the mistake businesses make too often.
Everyone says “don’t sweat the small stuff.” People tell me I worry about little details too much. I think the opposite. I need to focus on them way more than I do. Why? It sets the expectations for what is acceptable. I just read an article on the importance of sweating the small stuff. Every
“The young do not know enough to be prudent, and therefore they attempt the impossible — and achieve it, generation after generation.” – Pearl S. Buck I love this quote. It’s true, as companies age and grow, they need to not let “experience” block ingenuity. Life is always a balance of “learning” from experience, and having bright
I was taking a boxing lesson the other day, and when doing a combination, I asked my trainer whether he wanted speed or power. He said speed. When I was done, he told me he answered speed because he wanted power. Speed is power. Anyone that follows boxing or football has heard the expression power
Would you punch yourself in the face to hurt someone else? Shoot yourself in the foot to prove guns are bad? Seems illogical, right? But people use that logic every day. I’ve never understood when people hurt themselves in an attempt to hurt other people. We see it all the time with sports stars who
