Monthly Archives: March 2012

In the Rush of Other Urgencies

Crucial Skills: Finding Fault with the Facts:

[We] suggest that people record important decisions—particularly at the end of a conversation when they decide who does what by when and how to follow-up. Why is this important? Memory is unsafe. Memory can be unreliable. Memory can diminish in the rush of other urgencies and deadlines. So write down the facts. What commitments were made? What decisions were made?

Challenges You Don’t Have References For

Sir Jonathan Ive: The iMan cometh – London Life – Life & Style – Evening Standard:

If something is going to be better, it is new, and if it’s new you are confronting problems and challenges you don’t have references for. To solve and address those requires a remarkable focus. There’s a sense of being inquisitive and optimistic, and you don’t see those in combination very often.