Words

Moses Ting's inspiration notebook.

Tribal Stages

Just finished reading Tribal Leadership, and excited to have learned a bit of organizational knowledge. According to the book, there are 5 stages of a tribe:

  1. Alienated - Life sucks
  2. Separate - My life sucks
  3. Personal - I’m great
  4. Partnership - We’re great
  5. Team - Life’s great

The trick is to recognize where your tribe (e.g. team, company, group, etc…) is currently, and try to elevate it, stage by stage, to the greatness of stages 4 and 5. Definitely easier said than done, but it’s worthwhile if you and your team want to do something significant in the world. I’m looking forward to seeing how this can be applied in my own personal organizational settings at LinkedIn.

This made my day. Model poses are really odd and random, aren’t they? Especially when it’s copied in real life.

“ Core values are what we “stand in” and a noble cause is what we “shoot for. ”

Tribal Leadership

The Nike Film Room is simply amazing. Great usage of technology + experience-based design to create a way for kids (or anyone) to feel like Mike (MJ), Kevin Durant, or any other NBA superstars they look up to.

“ Fantasy is what people want, but reality is what they need. ”

Lauryn Hill in MTV Unplugged No. 2.0 (2002)

“ Don’t let the world break your will. Instead, use your will to bend the world. ”

Mo

    “ The difference between a boss and a leader: a boss says “Go!”  —  a leader says “Let’s go! ”

    E.M. Kelly via Assuming Leadership in Your Design Agency on Smashing Magazine

    “ Practice is funny that way. For days and says, you make out only the fragments of what to do. And then one day you’ve got the thing whole. Conscious learning becomes unconscious knowledge, and you cannot say precisely how. ”

    Atul Gawande in Complications

    “ Curiosity let’s you conquer the unknown, rather than fear it. ”

    Mo

      “ A stone cannot shape itself. ”

      Mo on why Christians need community.