Philosophy

Find a collection of favorites and zingers here.

  • “your work should out live you.”
  • “putting it into the universe” ~about putting ideas to material form (into writing or a proposal), opposed to leaving them as abstract ideas. when they have exhausted all of their options, you will have a stack in your back pocket.
  • “define/refine the core product, create a service-oriented organization, obtain/retain customers”
  • “1-3-1”— one problem, three solutions, one recommendation
  • “productize your work”
  • “work should be self-evident”
  • “technical shortfalls become administrative burdens”
  • “any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic”
  • “what works for 200 will work for 20” ~a comment around scalability and repeatability in workflow design
  • “you lead people, you manage things” ~ leadership vs management.