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Lessons from Overwatch
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17 min read
Introduction If you know much about me, you will know I am a huge fan and player of Overwatch. If you don’t, I love Overwatch. My girlfriend and I are avid players and followers of the game, having started playing at the end of 2016. Since then I have spent hours playing, watching, attending live…
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Writing More
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2 min read
I have long had to goal to write more. Clearly I haven’t really followed through. I hope to mentally lower the quality bar to force quantity. If I get more comfortable posting incomplete thoughts, using this space as a way to think, I may be able to write more. I had to ask myself why…
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This post originally appeared on the Versett Medium. I recently finished reading Black Box Thinking, a book about failure and our ability to learn from it. There was a section on James Dyson that got me thinking; how can we increase the quantity and quality of our ideas? Several years ago I worked at an…
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Building Stumble
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7 min read
For the past few months I have been working on building a couple photo-based apps. Each came about differently and I thought it would be helpful, mostly for myself, to try to articulate my own intention behind each of them. These apps were built specifically for my own needs, and polished up as a way…
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A missing factor in the Ideas × Execution equation
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5 min read
This post originally appeared on the Versett Medium. Has the following ever happened to you? You are working on a new project with a client to build a new product for their customers. You come up with this great idea for your client’s needs. You solve the customer’s needs, satisfy business and financial requirements, and…
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Building Snapshot
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9 min read
For the past few months I have been working on building a couple photo-based apps. Each came about differently and I thought it would be helpful, mostly for myself, to try to articulate my own intention behind each of them. These apps were built specifically for my own needs, and polished up as a way…
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The Art of Thinking Clearly Checklist
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6 min read
There are many mental traps that you can fall into when making decisions. Knowing what they are can help reduce, but not eliminate, the chance of making errors in judgement. It is better to focus on what not to do (via negativa), ie: what factors contribute to failure/bad decisions and try to avoid those. It…
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Invested by Danielle Town and Phil Town Rating: 👍 What did I learn? Most retirement savings calculations don’t account for 2-3% inflation over time, which at a 6% market-index return means you likely need to save a lot more than you think. This is something I need to confirm with my own financial projecting, however it…
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Behavioural Biases in Organizational Decision Making
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5 min read
I came across an interesting report about behavioural biases in decision making and project planning. This was extremely timely as I have been reading about biases and improving decision making lately, and this report ties together various principles with tangible impacts on project planning. Link to the report: http://www.behaviouralinsights.co.uk/publications/a-review-of-optimism-bias-planning-fallacy-sunk-cost-bias-and-groupthink-in-project-delivery-and-organisational-decision-making/ I’ll do my best to summarize…
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