Twelve soft skills to fuel your growth from IDEO U. Scaling people: tactics for management and company building. Most innovative companies.
Journal of discoveries #63 - 24th of June, 2023
Welcome to the 63rd 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
“Twelve soft skills to fuel your growth” by IDEO U.
What does the future of jobs look like? And which skills will be in demand going forward? A collection from IDEO U instructors and experts on their perspective for the future of work.
Moreover, in a recent report from the World Economic Forum, many of the top skills listed were soft skills, including creative thinking, empathy, and leadership.
Personal development
Twelve soft skills to fuel your growth in 2023 from IDEO U.
50 learning and development quotes to motivate and inspire.
How timeboxing works and why it will make you more productive.
Tasha Eurich: increase your self-awareness with one simple fix.
To be successful, you need to fail 16% of the time.
Break any habit & never be distracted!
Why you need to know about practicing stillness.
Innovation
Quantum computers: what are they good for?
Moving beyond MVP.
How to detect if the content was created by chatGPT and other AIs.
Why generative AI is a raw material, not a finished product.
What runs chatGPT? Inside Microsoft's AI supercomputer.
Bitcoin pizza index.
Design thinking: divergence and convergence cycles.
Leadership and management
Scaling people: tactics for management and company building.
The best leaders are humble leaders.
Leadership excellence for the digital age.
From conformity to growth: why culture fitness prevails over culture fit.
Forget the pecking order at work.
Case study: should some employees be allowed to work remotely if others can’t?
Interviewing with a CEO? Ask these four questions.
How “perspective swaps” can unlock organizational change.
One book
“Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones” by James Clear