Rather than asking whether another person has a given quality, we need to ask how we would react to that other person if he or she did… asking the leader about what he would do, or how he would feel.

Continuous delivery (CD) capabilities are correlated with delivery performance, deployment frequency, empowered teams, Lean product management, loosely coupled architecture, and organizational culture.

Trend #3. Core vs. CrowdCompanies which have built up a core of valuable know-how are now being regularly outperformed by the crowd. There is a staggering amount of human knowledge,expertise and raw enthusiasm which can now be focused online to solve complex problems. You have to start finding ways to tap into the many minds whichare available online to help you develop better offerings, market more efficiently and add more value.

I like to think of Good to Great as providing the core ideas for getting a flywheel turning… while Built to Last outlines the core ideas for keeping a flywheel accelerating long into the future.

To me, working on maximizing our mental health is no different to working on our physical health.

Triggers are like little environmental reminders for related concepts and ideas.

The level of concentration determines the time it takes to become a master.

Start Small to Grow Big

Virality isn’t born; it’s made. Even regular everyday products and ideas can generate lots of word-of-mouth if someone figures out the right way to do it.

An organization’s brand is the main incarnation of its narrative.