by Ben Mosior | Feb 24, 2021 | Human Stuff
When intuitive, spontaneous performance yields nothing more than the results expected for it, then we tend not to think about it. But when intuitive performance leads to surprises, pleasing and promising or unwanted, we may respond by reflecting-in-action.Donald A...
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...
