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Stay hungry, stay foolish

Here is a video of Steve Jobs commencement speech at Stanford.

On your next product, Go for Simple

Hi, I was browsing around last night for some research that I am making at work, I found this sequence of drawings, which is a perfect illustration of why simple succeeds, and why complex may be right, but remains in the closet:

If you want to see more brilliant illustrations, go to stuffthathappens.com

Koans will change your idea of who you are, and this will require courage… Everyone thinks they want happiness, but they might not. They might rather keep their stories about who they are and about what is impossible.

“Koans will change your idea of who you are, and this will require courage… Everyone thinks they want happiness, but they might not. They might rather keep their stories about who they are and about what is impossible.”
John Tarrant

The ordinary acts we practice every day at home are of more importance to the soul than their simplicity might suspect.

“The ordinary acts we practice every day at home are of more importance to the soul than their simplicity might suspect.”
Thomas More

Getting started with visual communication

Written communication has captured for centuries the lion share of communication. From the memo to the sales letter, to the meeting minutes, most interactions at work are initiated, supported or summarized through words. Yet, there are things that words can hardly convey. And as subtle, coherent, comprehensive and precise words can be, they remain a [...]

Our minds are continually active, fabricating an anxious, usually self-preoccupied veil which partially conceals the world

“Our minds are continually active, fabricating an anxious, usually self-preoccupied veil which partially conceals the world.”
Iris Murdoch

We make a living by what we get. We make a life by what we give.

“We make a living by what we get. We make a life by what we give.”
Winston Churchill

The Visual Table of Elements

 
My boss sent our Strategy team this link to Visual Literacy. Usually, I keep what we do private, well, because it is, but this particular link is available on the web, and could interest many people. Also, it is not about knowing, or having access, it is about making a contribution, doing something with what [...]

Deeper than the ocean – The world that lives in us: the ingredients of the ‘champion mindset’

I found this book when I was in Singapore with Ting and Tara. Once back in the US, I could not find it, even on Amazon. It seems that it was released only in Asia, Australia and Europe, but not in the US. Nothing astonishing here. In the US, trying to “breed a champion” from [...]

Future Exploration Network

Future Exploration Network has an interesting website. They pride themselves in “connecting ideas and people at the edge of the future”; ambitious program if you ask me.
They seem to sell their services to large companies like Microsoft, Toyota, American Express, Coca-Cola. So it is unlikely that you would order your own special report, just for [...]

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