Hemingway's lost suitcase. GenAI’s hype cycle. A multi-dimensional model for every leadership style.
Welcome to a new issue of the newsletter, “Journal of discoveries.”
Each week, I check a list of hundreds of sources of inspiration to spot exciting articles, videos, podcasts, and books on personal development, leadership, management, technology, and innovation.
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And now, let’s dive in!
One “must” for this week
“Hemingway's lost suitcase” by Sahil Bloom.
While traveling to visit him, Hemingway's wife lost the suitcase containing all of his novel manuscripts and copies.
Rather than be completely derailed by the blow, he found a way to benefit from the chaos: with this new creative constraint and time pressure, he made his writing more concise, using fewer words, shorter sentence structures, and tighter paragraphs.
This is a perfect example of a challenge turned into an opportunity, which led to a shift in his writing style and improved his overall output.
Personal development
Hemingway's lost suitcase
Will AI do to expert professions what the Model T did to railroads?
Mindfulness and AI: the old + the new of emotional intelligence
Ten habits that will help you to live and be better
Feeling unmotivated? Use "Skinner's Law" to get yourself back on track
Ben Franklin: the thirteen necessary virtues
"Kind" and "Wicked" learning environments
Innovation
GenAI’s hype cycle
Mapping the mind of a large language model
Stablecoins are defense tech
What is an AI anyway?
How to talk to users
Has tech become bipolar?
Leadership and management
A multi-dimensional model for every leadership style
The link between psychological safety and effective safeguarding
How to combat an “always on” work culture
What the heck IS “executive presence” anyway?
We are all product managers now
Performance reviews: how to be honest without making your direct report rage quit
How to prepare for anything
One book
“Multipliers” by Liz Wiseman.