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Adam Kalsey

This is the blog of Adam Kalsey. Unusual depth and complexity. Rich, full body with a hint of nutty earthiness.

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Daily Reading from December 27, 2007

27 Dec 2007

Links to what I’ve been reading recently.

  • The Google Enigma — Nick Carr on Google’s success and whether companies should try and emulate it.
  • Airlines take another look at inflight Internet - CNN.com —
  • Applied note-taking taken to a whole new level — "Marc Andreessen points to an interesting note-taking method. But not many men wear coats any more, as H.C. Witwer did. Reaching into your pants pocket and scribbling a note in there might not be inconspicuous—it might even get ..."
  • Encouraging Statistics — "Number of “Big Four” labels offering DRM-free music on April 1, 2007: 0. Number of “Big Four” labels offering DRM-free music on December 27, 2007: 3. Percentage of “Big Four” labels not offering DRM-free music on December 27, 2007 and ..."
  • When Good Companies Go Bad — When Good Companies Go Bad This post could just as easily be entitled, "When Small Companies Go Big."I know risk management is an important part of business, but I have run into several examples in the past few months ...

Recently Written

Should individual people have OKRs?
May 14: A good OKR describes and measures an outcome, but it can be challenging to create an outcome-focused OKR for an individual.
10 OKR traps and how to avoid them
May 8: I’ve helped lots of teams implement OKRs or fix a broken OKR process. Here are the 10 most common problems I see, and what to do instead.
AI is Smart, But Wisdom Requires Judgement
May 3: AI can process data at lightning speed, but wisdom comes from human judgment—picking the best imperfect option when facts alone don’t point the way.
Decoding Product Leadership Titles
Mar 18: Not all product leadership titles mean what they sound like. ‘Head of Product’ can mean anything from a senior PM to a true VP. Here’s how to tell the difference.
What branding can teach about culture
Jan 8: Culture is your company’s point of view in action—a framework guiding behavior, even in the unknown. You can’t copy it; it must reflect your unique perspective.
Think Systems, not Symptoms
Dec 15: Piecemeal process creation frustrates teams and slows work. Stop patching problems and start solving systems. Adopting a systems thinking approach helps you design processes that are efficient, aligned with goals, and truly add value.
Your Policies Aren’t Your Culture
Dec 13: Policies guide behavior, but culture is the lived norms and values of your team. Policies reflect culture -- they don’t define it. Netflix’s parental leave shift didn’t change its culture of freedom and responsibility. It clarified how to live it.
Lighten Your Process Burden
Dec 7: Everyone hates oppressive processes, but somehow we keep managing to create them.

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