by Ben Mosior | Jul 26, 2020 | Human Stuff, Writing
I read a self-help book about performing well under pressure. The following is a blunt reinterpretation of the material to record what I think might be helpful in the present moment. I alone am the intended audience. Work less, if you can. But if you...
by Ben Mosior | Sep 16, 2019 | Human Stuff, Wardley Mapping, Writing
Beginner #wardleymapping Q for @BenMosior @tasshinfogleman — How might you use WM to help in a personal annual review? — Callum Flack (@callumflack) December 16, 2018 Back when I thought I needed to work in cubicles the rest of my life, I did something similar...
by Ben Mosior | Feb 25, 2019 | Human Stuff, Writing
There is helpful help, and then there is unhelpful “help.” Far too much help seems to fall into the latter category, and when someone “helps” — when it’s not asked for, when it presupposes too many incorrect assumptions, and when the relationship is not...
by Ben Mosior | Feb 27, 2018 | Human Stuff, Theory of Constraints, Writing
I don’t normally read textbooks just for fun. Ok, that’s not true. I wouldn’t normally read this textbook just for fun. It is, however, excellent reference material and worth a skim every once in a while. The textbook is Bill Dettmer’s The Logical Thinking Process,...
by Ben Mosior | Nov 14, 2016 | Human Stuff, Writing
Just a few years ago, I would not have been able to articulate why organizational diversity matters. (I know that for a fact, because I once offered a barely adequate, fumbling answer during an interview. Despite somehow getting the job, I remained largely clueless...
by Ben Mosior | Nov 14, 2016 | Complexity, Human Stuff
Originally published February 24, 2016 You could find the Abstract listening to hip hop My pops used to say, it reminded him of Bebop I said, well daddy don’t you know that things go in cycles Way that Bobby Brown is just amping like Michael — Excursions (A Tribe...
