It’s tough out there…thank god for comedy. If you need a pick-me-up, watch this clip from the hilarious Sebastian Maniscalco.
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Photo Cred: Peggy Sirota (via Westword)
The Big Lies of Strategy (Rotman Management, Fall 2018)
“The first thing to keep in mind about strategy is that it is not all that complex. You should keep it simple and always remember that, put simply, strategy is about choices. After years of working closely with leaders of large corporations, I have come to the conclusion that strategy is actually about a set of five choices that must be made:
1. What is our winning aspiration?
2. Where will we play?
3. How will we win?
4. What capabilities must be in place?
5. What management systems are required?
The very core of any strategy is the world of question #3 — the ‘how to win’ choices: Where are you going to place yourself on the playing field, and how are you going to win there? Answering that question is the hardest part of strategy.”
– Roger L. Martin
Read the full article in the September 2018 issue of Rotman Management.
Photo Cred: Rotman Management. Magazine (September 2018)
The Destroyer of Worlds (Dan Carlin’s Hardcore History 59)
“We knew the world would not be the same. A few people laughed, a few people cried. Most people were silent. I remembered the line from the Hindu scripture, the Bhagavad-Gita; Vishnu is trying to persuade the Prince that he should do his duty, and to impress him, takes on his multi-armed form and says, ‘Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds.’ I suppose we all thought that, one way or another.” ― J. Robert Oppenheimer
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Photo Cred: Scott Rodgerson
Hard Rock Ballad Selections 25/10/20: IRIS – DIAMANTE & Breaking Benjamin
Wow.
What. A. Cover.
Diamante and Ben absolutely knocked this one out of the park. That makes back-to-back weeks of unreal covers being featured (in case you missed last week’s post – listen to Chris Cornell kill this cover of Patience by GnR.
Before pressing play on this for the first time, we were skeptical to say the least. Iris is an iconic song and, often, when iconic songs get covered – they get butchered. After listening to the first 20 seconds of this one, it was obvious this was not the case. Diamante – one of our favourite female leads in the game right now, kicks of the track with beautiful vocals. Ben comes in 20 seconds later, and its clear their voices have an amazing synergy.
By this point the track has dug its claws into your soul – then the chorus hits…and you’re gone. The whole song is a runaway feels-train; especially around 1:54. “When everything feels like the movies (Diamante), ya you bleed just to know your Alive (Ben).” Dear god. Between the nostalgia of the lyrics, and the raw power in Ben’s voice, its impossible not to get hit hard by that part.
But don’t. take our word for it – listen for yourself. Then listen again….and again….and again.
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Photo Cred: Nextmosh
What Sharks Can Teach Us About Survivorship Bias (Farnam Street)
“When asked what the deadliest shark is to humans, most people will say the great white. The lasting influence of the movie Jaws, reinforced by dozens of pop culture references and news reports, keeps that species of shark at the top of the mind when one considers the world’s most fearsome predators. While it is true that great white sharks do attack humans (rarely), they also leave a lot of survivors. And they’re not after humans in particular. They usually just mistake us for seals, one of their key food sources.
We must be careful to not let a volume of survivors in one area blind us to the stories of a small number of survivors elsewhere. Most importantly, we need to ask ourselves what stories are not being told because no one is around to tell them. The experiences of the dead are necessary if we want an accurate understanding of the world.” – Farnam Street
Read the full piece on the Farnam Street blog.
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Photo Cred: Jake Gaviola
Acoustic Rock Selections 18/10/20: Patience – Chris Cornell
Patience – Chris Cornell
After helping his daughter learn the song, Chris Cornell got inspired to record the song himself in 2016 after hearing the news that Guns N’ Roses were reuniting. Track was released in July 2020 in celebration of Chris’s 56th birthday.
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Photo Cred: WrNr 103.1FM
Sean Carroll: Quantum Mechanics and the Many-Worlds Interpretation (Lex Fridman Podcast #47)
How to Get Rich (Naval Podcast)
“Wealth is the thing you want. Wealth is assets that earn while you sleep; it’s the factory of robots cranking out things. Wealth is the computer program running at night that’s serving other customers. Wealth is money in the bank that is reinvested into other assets and businesses.” – Naval Ravikant
Transcript: https://nav.al/rich
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Photo Cred: Gautier Salles
How to Turn a Vision into a Winning Plan (Jocko Podcast #237)
The Roadmap to an Analytics Culture – Robert J Zwerling & Jesper H Sorensen
“Building the culture to advance Finance from average to world class has four key components: (1) Mindset, (2) People, (3) Processes, and (4) Systems. These components, when aligned, institutionalize the practices about data driven decisions for business optimization.
Creating a “culture” of data driven decisions with analytics requires a Roadmap to advance Finance to the world class strategic business partner. Depicted in the Figure below, illuminates the four components of culture as a tightly integrated and interdependent framework.” – Robert J Zwerling and Jesper H Sorensen.
Read the original article on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/roadmap-analytics-culture-jesper-hybholt-sorensen/. The article is a collaboration between Robert J Zwerling and Jesper H Sorensen from the organization Finance Analytics Institute (www.fainstitute.com) and is an excerpt from their book, Implementing an Analytics Culture for Data Driven Decisions – A Manifesto for Next Generation Finance.
Copyright 2019 Finance Analytics Institute, Robert J Zwerling & Jesper H Sorensen. All rights reserved. No part of this document may be reproduced without this copyright notice.
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