How to deal with overconfident and underconfident employees. Are you squandering your intelligent failures? Think like Leonardo Da Vinci.
Journal of discoveries #70 - 12th of August, 2023
Welcome to the 70th 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.
Let’s dive in!
One “must read” for this week
“How to deal with overconfident and underconfident employees” by Tomas Chamorro Premuzic.
The Dunning-Kruger Effect illustrates that individuals with low competence overestimate their abilities, while those with high competence often underestimate theirs.
This phenomenon affects workplaces, leading to overconfident decisions that can harm businesses, while excessively modest individuals might undervalue their potential and hinder career growth.
Tomas outlines a few effective solutions to keep the worst of the Dunning-Kruger effect in check.
Personal development
How To Think Like Leonardo Da Vinci: 7 Principles
Remaining Relevant in an AI Age
Five Motivators That Fuel Peak Performance
Your Growth Potential: Why Relying Solely on Friends Is Holding You Back
Finite and Infinite Games
Envy is the enemy of happiness
On the Quest for Originality, Recombine the Familiar
Innovation
Are you squandering your intelligent failures?
Microsoft reaches a key milestone in its quest to build a quantum supercomputer
Top 10 Emerging Technologies of 2023 report
Harvard's New Computer Science Teacher Is a Chatbot
AI and The Burden of Knowledge
The Art of the Demo
Marketplaces & The Curse of the Network Effect
I’m Sorry, But Those Are Vanity Metrics
Leadership and management
How to deal with overconfident and underconfident employees
McGregor's Theory X and Theory Y explained
Why You Should Create a “Shadow Board” of Younger Employees
Shu Ha Ri in Agile Leadership Explained
Is Your Employee In The Wrong Job?
How your company can gain a global talent advantage
Building Social Capital When You Work Remotely
One book
“Couples That Work: How To Thrive in Love and at Work” by Jennifer Louise Petriglieri.