I’ve been going to the gym since I was 18; almost half of my life. In muscle building parlance, to grow muscle you have to stretch it; you have to feel discomfort. You have to force it. Muscle builders pursue the burn because when you do it right, you’re sore the next day.
Archive for: August, 2019
10 Reasons Why You Shouldn’t Hire Generalists
in Innovation, Leadership
Even though generalists should be stockpiled, established organizations dismiss them. Why? There are many reasons, one of them is they don’t know what to do with them.
4 Questions That Enhance Your Intellectual Humility
One of the greatest abilities every one should develop is to change one’s mind when they are wrong; this is called intellectual humility. And it is rare. It doesn’t come easy for any of us to accept we’re wrong.
The Vision of Cybersecurity Future
With the ever present threat of increasingly sophisticated cyber attacks, the need for sophisticated cybersecurity increases as well. But this isn’t as simple as creating more difficult passwords and regular password resets. In fact, passwords may even become obsolete, as numerous security researchers (including Microsoft) point out that mandatory password resets offer very low value mitigation. Many different methods are being developed to control cybersecurity such as penetration testing vs vulnerability scanning, check this out at Nettitude.
Be A Generalist Not A Specialist If You Want To Excel
A new book by David Epstein, Range: How Generalists Triumph in a Specialised World, makes the case for Generalists. As a Generalist, I’m happy someone wrote a book about Generalists for everyone; not just business people.
Leaders Who Never Make Mistakes Aren’t Worth Following
Innovation is another key word for leadership; and one of the key enemies of innovation is fear of failure. So fear of failure is a sign of lack of leadership.