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This week we begin our re-read of L. David Marquet’s book, Leadership is Language: The Hidden Power of What You Say – and What You Don’t. I will be reading... Read More
We begin a new book on Re-read Saturday, this week! Ten years ago we started our Re-read Saturday journey. The first installment featured The 7 Habits of Highly Successful People.... Read More
We have spent the majority of the summer re-reading Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die. While I didn’t take the book to the beach, I did... Read More
After the conclusion of Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die, there are three brief sections with practical tips for making ideas memorable. The dust cover states,... Read More
The epilogue was the end of the original version of Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die; later additions had extra material added. I am reading from... Read More
Today we focus on stories. Chapter 6 of Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die completes the journey through the six attributes that make ideas sticky. A... Read More
In Chapter 4 of Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die, Credible, statistics and analytics were approached to build credibility. In Chapter 5 we find that an... Read More
Credibility is the fourth requirement for maximum stickiness (short of Gorilla Glue) discussed in Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die. Credibility is defined as the quality... Read More
The third attribute of stickiness is concreteness. I spent most of the past week at Agile 2023 in Orlando, Florida. It was a metaphorical banquet of agile knowledge. I had... Read More
And now for something completely different…is both the title of the 1971 movie by Monty Python and the Fly Circus and a hint at Chapter 2’s of Made to Stick:... Read More
