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Frank Slootman, in Amp It Up, acknowledges the need to focus on execution first, strategy second, because good execution will become a source of competitive advantage, That said, he also acknowledges “there are tons of articles and books on the topic of business strategy but relatively few on execution.” Well, here is one of those books. And it’s fantastic. Bossidy & Charan focus on the three interwoven dimensions of good execution: Ensuring the right people are in the right roles (people process) Ensuring the business is focused on the right things (strategy process as a component of good execution)

Hi all! Welcome! Thanks so much for signing up for this experiment! As promised, there’s an exercise included at the end of this newsletter: if you’re a person like me who always fast-forwards through the first 3-12 minutes of every podcast to get past the part where the host blathers on instead of getting to the real subject, feel free to scroll down and start writing. Still here? Then let me quickly explain the method here.

If ever there was a doubt that Patrick Mahomes is capable of raising his game and doing whatever he needs to, whenever he needs to, those notions have been erased in the 2023-24 NFL postseason. As wrote after Mahomes’ Chiefs beat the Baltimore Ravens (and their top-ranked defense) in the AFC title game, the Kansas City QB is forging a remarkable playoff legacy by performing at his best when the lights shine brightest.

“Should I be worried about the Crips and the Bloods up here?” These were the first words out of the mouth of Ben Stein as he entered my office at Skeptic magazine in 2007, located in the racially mixed neighborhood of Altadena, California. I cringed and hoped that the two black women in my employ were out of earshot of what I hoped was merely Mr. Stein’s ham-handed attempt at humor before we settled into his interview of me for what I was told was a film on the intersection of science and religion titled “Crossroads.

The Palais des sports Marcel-Cerdan in a western suburb of Paris is an almost comically small and humble setting for Victor Wembanyama, the teenage player who may potentially change the game of professional basketball. The arena only seats 4,000, which means that every seat is a great seat from which to view the action. In terms of overall dimensions, it felt roughly the size of the gym at the high school I attended in Kansas.

Share Leave a Comment This is the first in a 3-part series of posts that explain: why the common responses that people have to victims-survivors and to perpetrators are often based on misunderstandings; and how these misunderstandings can be really harmful and hurtful for victims-survivors (and helpful and emboldening for perpetrators). Please find links to the other posts in the series below: It is my hope that readers might be able to show this to someone in their life who doesn’t quite understand coercive control, and that it might be eye opening for people who previously haven’t read much around this subject but who are willing to learn about it now.

If you are still an X person (I am not), you might have noticed the tweets below sent yesterday by Frank Mugisha and Steven Kabuye, both prominent Ugandan LGBTQ+ rights advocates, about Bobi Wine, the Ugandan opposition leader. Mugisha wrote that Wine’s party is “using [LGBTQ+ people] for international political gain,” while Steven Kabuye wrote, “All they want for us is death.” Not a raving review of someone whom the West is hailing as the next Mandela and who is portrayed in a biopic documentary nominated for an Oscar, “Bobi Wine: The People’s President"

Mankading has been in the news. The arguments people often make when they dispute a decision or the meaning of a law are always interesting. This post is about how the mankad law is typically disputed disputed by cricket fans. The Law, as it applied in final India v England ODI which ended with a dismissal of this type states the following (emphasis added). 41.16.1 If the non-striker is out of his/her ground at any time from the moment the ball comes into play until the instant when the bowler would normally have been expected to release the ball, the non-striker is liable to be Run out.

Lately on my Instagram stories, I’ve been making a lot of jokes about the Mommy Shorts Universe, which is basically the same universe we are currently living in, except it exists one month in the past. I’m sure many of you are totally fine with my stories being a bit behind, but if you guys exist, you aren’t the ones constantly DMing me saying, “Wait. What day is it? I’m so confused!