November 2009
13 posts
“Frankly, you need to get over yourself.”
– Crazy Love: Overwhelmed by a Relentless God
“Today, Aravind Eye Care System examines more than 2.3 million patients a year,...”
– The Blue Sweater
“Recently, a 71-year-old entrepreneur defined his breed as “the most...”
– The Blue Sweater
“When you have everything,” she went on, “you start to think that...”
– Prudence from The Blue Sweater
Designing Tomorrow
Towards the end of Change by Design, Tim Brown provides a number of inspiring themes to help promote the future of design thinking:
begin at the beginning
take a human-centered approach
fail early, fail often - Leaders should encourage experimentation and accept that there is nothing wrong with failure as long as it happens early and becomes a source of learning.
get professional help
share...
Choice Fatigue & Decision Making
Quoted from Change by Design:
Barry Schwartz has identified as “the paradox of choice.” Most people don’t want more options; they just want what they want. When overwhelmed by choice, we tend to fall into behavioral patterns used by those whom Schwartz calls “optimizers” — people paralyzed by the fear that if they only waited a little while longer or search...
Moving with Intellect and Compassion
Quoted from The Blue Sweater:
“If you move through the world only with your intellect,” [Maha Ghosananda] said in a direct and clear voice, “then you walk on only one leg.” With his hands held in prayer, he lifted one leg and slowly and deliberately hopped three times. With the same deliberation and pace, he restored his foot to the floor. After a long breath, he...
WatchThe best line in the video is:
The Human Spirit can overcome anything if it has hope.
Two Lines that Great Managers Should Believe In
For those wishing to be great managers, you should believe and utilize the following two statements:
I can’t do anything to help things I don’t know about.
I don’t really think about being a good manager. I care about people. I care about what we’re building [or doing, or creating]. I try to do The Right Thing.
“This book is for people who do not seek easy solutions or insist on a singular...”
– The Blue Sweater by Jacqueline Novogratz
“The obvious counterpart to an attitude of experimentation is a climate of...”
– Change by Design by Tim Brown
Memorable Quotes
From Right-Brained Children in a Left-Brained World:
Many parents … have an obsession with labeling each child an “A student” or a “D student.” But in many cases letter grades merely reflect how well a student can regurgitate material under time pressure. “Teacher’s pets” typically get the A’s; children who challenges the teacher or have a...