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Shane Parrish citing Yvon Chouinard: Managers have short term vision, implement strategic plans, and keep things running as they always have. Leaders take risks, have long term vision, create the strategic plans, and instigate change. The best leadership is by example. Read more...

Suggestive video from RSA Animate about work. It assumes the dominance of the corporation as the primary organizer or work, but it’s nonetheless suggestive. Tools are importante, but it is trust in your employees and between your employees what enables a collaborative working environment, regardless of where they work. Read more...

Charlie Munger, Warren Buffett’s right-hand man at Berkshire Hathaway, says about reading: In my whole life, I have known no wise people who didn’t read all the time – none, zero. You’d be amazed at how much Warren(Buffett) reads – at how much I read. My children laugh at me. They think I’m a book with a couple of legs sticking out"1 Reading takes time. If reading is important for you –it should be, reading and learning are closely related–, you need to allocate specific time for it. Read more...

Jeff Bezos agreed to the acquisition of the Washington Post for $250M on August 5, 2013. As it is known, the numbers of The Washington Post are not encouraging. In the first half of 2013, The Post reported losses of $49 million, and an average weekly circulation decline of 8.4% compared to the same period last year. This article, which appeared in The Post the first week of September, shares some insights on what Bezos has in mind. Read more...

These three1 questions are pretty obvious. That’s why it’s amazing how many times we forget to ask them when one of our reports is having performance problems, or when we want to help someone perform better. Does she know how to do what is expected of her? (lack of knowledge, or skills) Has he been given the necessary resources to do it? (lack of resources) Does she want to do it? Read more...