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Today we all live and work in the Internet Century, where technology is roiling the business landscape, and the pace of change is only accelerating.
In their new book How Google Works, Google Executive Chairman and ex-CEO Eric Schmidt and former SVP of Products Jonathan Rosenberg share the lessons they learned over the course of a decade running Google.
Covering topics including corporate culture, strategy, talent, decision-making, communication, innovation, and dealing with disruption, the authors illustrate management maxims with numerous insider anecdotes from Google’s history.
In an era when everything is speeding up, the best way for businesses to succeed is to attract smart-creative people and give them an environment where they can thrive at scale. How Google Works is a new book that explains how to do just that.
This is a visual preview of How Google Works. You can pick up a copy of the book at www.howgoogleworks.net
The document discusses the benefits of exercise for mental health. Regular physical activity can help reduce anxiety and depression and improve mood and cognitive function. Exercise causes chemical changes in the brain that may help protect against mental illness and improve symptoms.
What Would Steve Do? 10 Lessons from the World's Most Captivating PresentersHubSpot
The document provides 10 tips for creating captivating presentations based on lessons from famous presenters like Steve Jobs, Scott Harrison, and Gary Vaynerchuk. The tips include crafting an emotional story with a beginning, middle, and end; creating slides that answer why the audience should care, how it will improve their lives, and what they must do; using simple language without jargon; using metaphors; ditching bullet points; showing rather than just telling through images; rehearsing extensively; and that excellence requires hard work with no shortcuts.
7 ridiculously simple productivity hacks that will blow your mindRemote Workmate
The document discusses several simple productivity hacks, including Eisenhower's matrix for prioritizing tasks by importance and urgency, focusing on the 20% of tasks that deliver 80% of results according to the 80/20 rule, creating routine calendars to break large tasks into small daily tasks, banning meetings one day a week, taking an after work nap to reset energy levels, designating one day a month to deep clean your desk, using a rubber band habit to develop new daily goals, and sharing productivity hacks with friends.
We spend more time working than doing anything else in life. Yet for too many people, the experience of work is demotivating and dehumanizing.
I don’t think it has to be this way, and I’m willing to bet you don’t either.
At Google, we’ve learned a ton about what makes for an enjoyable and productive workplace. We’re not alone – lots of other companies, ranging from grocers (e.g., Wegmans) to textile companies (e.g., the Brandix Group) to Brooklyn delis (e.g., Russ & Daughters), as well as academics and scientists, have learned the same simple truth: there are straightforward things we can do to make work better.
My new book, "Work Rules!", is an attempt to bring this together and offer you practical tools to improve work, no matter what you do. Check out this visual preview of the book and visit www.workrules.net if you’d like to pick up a copy or learn more!
Pixar's 22 Rules to Phenomenal StorytellingGavin McMahon
The document discusses the benefits of exercise for mental health. Regular physical activity can help reduce anxiety and depression and improve mood and cognitive function. Exercise causes chemical changes in the brain that may help protect against mental illness and improve symptoms for those who already suffer from conditions like anxiety and depression.
This document provides a summary of common mistakes in PowerPoint presentation design and tips to avoid them. It identifies the top 5 mistakes as including putting too much information on slides, not using enough visuals, using poor quality visuals, having a disorganized "visual vomit" style, and lack of preparation. The document emphasizes telling a story over slide design, using whitespace on slides, consistent formatting, and spending significant time preparing presentations.
Today we all live and work in the Internet Century, where technology is roiling the business landscape, and the pace of change is only accelerating.
In their new book How Google Works, Google Executive Chairman and ex-CEO Eric Schmidt and former SVP of Products Jonathan Rosenberg share the lessons they learned over the course of a decade running Google.
Covering topics including corporate culture, strategy, talent, decision-making, communication, innovation, and dealing with disruption, the authors illustrate management maxims with numerous insider anecdotes from Google’s history.
In an era when everything is speeding up, the best way for businesses to succeed is to attract smart-creative people and give them an environment where they can thrive at scale. How Google Works is a new book that explains how to do just that.
This is a visual preview of How Google Works. You can pick up a copy of the book at www.howgoogleworks.net
The document discusses the benefits of exercise for mental health. Regular physical activity can help reduce anxiety and depression and improve mood and cognitive function. Exercise causes chemical changes in the brain that may help protect against mental illness and improve symptoms.
What Would Steve Do? 10 Lessons from the World's Most Captivating PresentersHubSpot
The document provides 10 tips for creating captivating presentations based on lessons from famous presenters like Steve Jobs, Scott Harrison, and Gary Vaynerchuk. The tips include crafting an emotional story with a beginning, middle, and end; creating slides that answer why the audience should care, how it will improve their lives, and what they must do; using simple language without jargon; using metaphors; ditching bullet points; showing rather than just telling through images; rehearsing extensively; and that excellence requires hard work with no shortcuts.
7 ridiculously simple productivity hacks that will blow your mindRemote Workmate
The document discusses several simple productivity hacks, including Eisenhower's matrix for prioritizing tasks by importance and urgency, focusing on the 20% of tasks that deliver 80% of results according to the 80/20 rule, creating routine calendars to break large tasks into small daily tasks, banning meetings one day a week, taking an after work nap to reset energy levels, designating one day a month to deep clean your desk, using a rubber band habit to develop new daily goals, and sharing productivity hacks with friends.
We spend more time working than doing anything else in life. Yet for too many people, the experience of work is demotivating and dehumanizing.
I don’t think it has to be this way, and I’m willing to bet you don’t either.
At Google, we’ve learned a ton about what makes for an enjoyable and productive workplace. We’re not alone – lots of other companies, ranging from grocers (e.g., Wegmans) to textile companies (e.g., the Brandix Group) to Brooklyn delis (e.g., Russ & Daughters), as well as academics and scientists, have learned the same simple truth: there are straightforward things we can do to make work better.
My new book, "Work Rules!", is an attempt to bring this together and offer you practical tools to improve work, no matter what you do. Check out this visual preview of the book and visit www.workrules.net if you’d like to pick up a copy or learn more!
Pixar's 22 Rules to Phenomenal StorytellingGavin McMahon
The document discusses the benefits of exercise for mental health. Regular physical activity can help reduce anxiety and depression and improve mood and cognitive function. Exercise causes chemical changes in the brain that may help protect against mental illness and improve symptoms for those who already suffer from conditions like anxiety and depression.
This document provides a summary of common mistakes in PowerPoint presentation design and tips to avoid them. It identifies the top 5 mistakes as including putting too much information on slides, not using enough visuals, using poor quality visuals, having a disorganized "visual vomit" style, and lack of preparation. The document emphasizes telling a story over slide design, using whitespace on slides, consistent formatting, and spending significant time preparing presentations.
The Productivity Secret Of The Best LeadersOfficevibe
Content by Jacob Shriar & Kevin Kruse.
In this Officeviibe presentation, you'll see:
- 3 biggest problems leaders face and what you can do to fix them
- The secret to time management
- Examples from great leaders
- You'll find bonus content
This 3-part video series from Barrie Davenport teaches a simple method for sticking to habit goals by getting free access to the videos. The videos show how to accomplish more of what matters by watching and learning how to stick to goals with a simple method.
Herb Kelleher, co-founder and chairman of Southwest Airlines, delivered a speech
of a lifetime at the 2004 McCombs BBA Commencement. As commencement approaches for 2014, we’re pleased to present “14 Ways to be a Leader.”
10 Analytics Dashboards To Monitor Your BusinessBeeckon
To monitor your business effectively you need to have your key metrics in one place to have a quick view to your entire activity to take the right decisions.
Here is a slide to show you 10 dashboards to help you to monitor your business correctly.
List of dashboards :
Mixpanel : www.mixpanel.com
Kissmetrics : www.kissmetrics.com
Keen IO : www.keen.io
Vwo : www.vwo.com
Chartio : www.chart.io
Woopra : www.woopra.com
Chartbeat : www.chartbeat.com
GoSquared : www.gosquared.com
Cyfe : www.cyfe.com
Piwik : www.piwik.com
All teams set out with great dreams, but few achieve great things. Why? The answer lies in the ability to empower your teams with maximum clarity. But clarity is a habit you need to cultivate, within yourself and across your teams. This is my three-pronged framework for ensuring clarity in the workplace so your teams can go from dreaming big dreams to achieving great things.
Wi Fi is a technology that allows electronic devices to connect to the internet or communicate with each other wirelessly within a particular area. It uses radio waves to provide wireless high-speed Internet and network connections between devices like laptops, smartphones, and more. Wi Fi is very convenient for connecting devices to the internet without needing to be physically connected by cables.
This presentations discusses the importance for startups of starting with user acquisition activities before launch and introduces 7 low-cost, highly effective tactics:
- Contest
- Paid Advertising
- Social Networks
- Content Marketing
- Pre-Launch Platforms
- Offline Community Building
- PR & Influencer Outreach
A deck from a recent workshop at The Happy Startup School by co-founder Laurence McCahill. Read the supporting blog post at https://medium.com/the-happy-startup-school/13-ways-weve-grown-our-happy-tribe-aeae7cba8a67
The business is world is changing. The Purpose Economy is here. The future belongs to companies with a purpose. At The Happy Startup School we help budding entrepreneurs build startups that matter.
The document describes The Happy Startup School, which aims to create spaces where people can fulfill their purpose and potential. It seeks to inspire, empower and connect a global community of entrepreneurs and leaders through local and online events, workshops and resources. The tiny core team runs the school with the help of volunteers, supporters and an growing international community, and plans to fund its vision through various revenue streams like crowdfunding, memberships and experiential programs. The school's values center around inclusiveness, fun, openness and having a positive impact.
Why happiness should be your business model (and some things we've learnt tha...The Happy Startup School
The document discusses why happiness should be a business model and outlines 10 things the authors have learned about building a business focused on happiness. It encourages entrepreneurs to find their higher purpose, stay true to their values, learn to say no, share their beliefs, embrace learning, create their own luck, define success personally, and not worry about not knowing what they're doing. It promotes making happiness the business model and describes a 6-week entrepreneurial program focused on happiness.
This document outlines an entrepreneurship program called "The Happy Startup School" that aims to help people develop entrepreneurial happiness. The 4-week program will include weekly webinars, a private Facebook group, challenges and resources, startup guides, learning buddies, mentor office hours, and software deals. The schedule covers the topics of passion, purpose, people, and profits over the 4 weeks. Participants are asked to come with curiosity, stamina, a desire to challenge norms and help others, and their whole self. In return, they can expect inspiration, empowerment, connections, personal challenges, focus, community, confidence, and the flexibility to go at their own pace.
Beyond MVP: 10 tips for creating your Minimum Loveable Product @ Lean Conf 2014The Happy Startup School
Learn how to get your digital ideas to market sooner, but still deliver a product that users fall in love with.
17th November, LeanConf, Manchester 2014
There’s a new breed of entrepreneur looking to realise their dreams – those that want to succeed in business but also live a happy and balanced life. In this talk I highlighted that more companies should focus on happiness as their primary goal, then watch as profits soar.
Slides from our Open Studios talk at Spook Studio, home of minimum loveable products, UX Café and The Happy Startup School. We love creating things that make people happy (and want to inspire others to do the same). Part of Brighton Digital Festival 2014.
Great ideas don't happen in the boardroom. If we want to get better ideas, make meaningful connections or make a difference in the world we need to get back to basics and the things that matter.
The Productivity Secret Of The Best LeadersOfficevibe
Content by Jacob Shriar & Kevin Kruse.
In this Officeviibe presentation, you'll see:
- 3 biggest problems leaders face and what you can do to fix them
- The secret to time management
- Examples from great leaders
- You'll find bonus content
This 3-part video series from Barrie Davenport teaches a simple method for sticking to habit goals by getting free access to the videos. The videos show how to accomplish more of what matters by watching and learning how to stick to goals with a simple method.
Herb Kelleher, co-founder and chairman of Southwest Airlines, delivered a speech
of a lifetime at the 2004 McCombs BBA Commencement. As commencement approaches for 2014, we’re pleased to present “14 Ways to be a Leader.”
10 Analytics Dashboards To Monitor Your BusinessBeeckon
To monitor your business effectively you need to have your key metrics in one place to have a quick view to your entire activity to take the right decisions.
Here is a slide to show you 10 dashboards to help you to monitor your business correctly.
List of dashboards :
Mixpanel : www.mixpanel.com
Kissmetrics : www.kissmetrics.com
Keen IO : www.keen.io
Vwo : www.vwo.com
Chartio : www.chart.io
Woopra : www.woopra.com
Chartbeat : www.chartbeat.com
GoSquared : www.gosquared.com
Cyfe : www.cyfe.com
Piwik : www.piwik.com
All teams set out with great dreams, but few achieve great things. Why? The answer lies in the ability to empower your teams with maximum clarity. But clarity is a habit you need to cultivate, within yourself and across your teams. This is my three-pronged framework for ensuring clarity in the workplace so your teams can go from dreaming big dreams to achieving great things.
Wi Fi is a technology that allows electronic devices to connect to the internet or communicate with each other wirelessly within a particular area. It uses radio waves to provide wireless high-speed Internet and network connections between devices like laptops, smartphones, and more. Wi Fi is very convenient for connecting devices to the internet without needing to be physically connected by cables.
This presentations discusses the importance for startups of starting with user acquisition activities before launch and introduces 7 low-cost, highly effective tactics:
- Contest
- Paid Advertising
- Social Networks
- Content Marketing
- Pre-Launch Platforms
- Offline Community Building
- PR & Influencer Outreach
A deck from a recent workshop at The Happy Startup School by co-founder Laurence McCahill. Read the supporting blog post at https://medium.com/the-happy-startup-school/13-ways-weve-grown-our-happy-tribe-aeae7cba8a67
The business is world is changing. The Purpose Economy is here. The future belongs to companies with a purpose. At The Happy Startup School we help budding entrepreneurs build startups that matter.
The document describes The Happy Startup School, which aims to create spaces where people can fulfill their purpose and potential. It seeks to inspire, empower and connect a global community of entrepreneurs and leaders through local and online events, workshops and resources. The tiny core team runs the school with the help of volunteers, supporters and an growing international community, and plans to fund its vision through various revenue streams like crowdfunding, memberships and experiential programs. The school's values center around inclusiveness, fun, openness and having a positive impact.
Why happiness should be your business model (and some things we've learnt tha...The Happy Startup School
The document discusses why happiness should be a business model and outlines 10 things the authors have learned about building a business focused on happiness. It encourages entrepreneurs to find their higher purpose, stay true to their values, learn to say no, share their beliefs, embrace learning, create their own luck, define success personally, and not worry about not knowing what they're doing. It promotes making happiness the business model and describes a 6-week entrepreneurial program focused on happiness.
This document outlines an entrepreneurship program called "The Happy Startup School" that aims to help people develop entrepreneurial happiness. The 4-week program will include weekly webinars, a private Facebook group, challenges and resources, startup guides, learning buddies, mentor office hours, and software deals. The schedule covers the topics of passion, purpose, people, and profits over the 4 weeks. Participants are asked to come with curiosity, stamina, a desire to challenge norms and help others, and their whole self. In return, they can expect inspiration, empowerment, connections, personal challenges, focus, community, confidence, and the flexibility to go at their own pace.
Beyond MVP: 10 tips for creating your Minimum Loveable Product @ Lean Conf 2014The Happy Startup School
Learn how to get your digital ideas to market sooner, but still deliver a product that users fall in love with.
17th November, LeanConf, Manchester 2014
There’s a new breed of entrepreneur looking to realise their dreams – those that want to succeed in business but also live a happy and balanced life. In this talk I highlighted that more companies should focus on happiness as their primary goal, then watch as profits soar.
Slides from our Open Studios talk at Spook Studio, home of minimum loveable products, UX Café and The Happy Startup School. We love creating things that make people happy (and want to inspire others to do the same). Part of Brighton Digital Festival 2014.
Great ideas don't happen in the boardroom. If we want to get better ideas, make meaningful connections or make a difference in the world we need to get back to basics and the things that matter.
This document contains information from The Happy Startup School about starting a business. It includes quotes about business and life, as well as tips for defining your business purpose and values. The document suggests identifying your superpowers, passions, and problems you want to solve. It then outlines steps to define your vision, core values, story, business model, target customers, and value proposition while having fun and ensuring the business is profitable. The overall message is about successfully starting a values-driven business that solves problems.
Our co-founder Laurence McCahill spoke about how a near death experience gave him the energy and purpose to make a positive dent in the world (and help others to make theirs). CityCamp is an unconference aimed at creating a better life for people of all walks of life in Brighton. You can watch the video of the talk here You can view the video of the talk here http://spookstud.io/1fob9jm
Slides from our recent workshop at Hub Kings Cross, London where we helped 20 budding entrepreneurs learn how to develop their startup idea through engaging customers in the design process, with the aim of building their tribe and creating a happy startup.
This document provides 10 tips for beating the January blues and making "Blue Monday" a day for positive change. The tips include: 1) Doing something nice for someone, as sharing makes us happier; 2) Focusing on your own happiness rather than your job; 3) Living fully in every part of your life, not just saving yourself for certain times; and 4) Getting out of your comfort zone by trying something new, as we're happier when learning. The overall message is that small acts of kindness, pursuing one's interests, appreciating life's positives, and taking care of one's health can improve mood and outlook.
This document provides tips and tactics for building a startup through failing fast and learning quickly. It emphasizes starting small with minimum viable products to test ideas cheaply, getting early customer feedback through experiments and prototypes rather than finished products, and being flexible and creative in the vision while focusing on passion, purpose, and building things customers care about. The overall message is to iterate quickly through cheap experiments and adapt based on learning rather than sticking rigidly to preconceived plans.
Taken from an upcoming article on .net
*Edit: the article is now live: www.netmagazine.com/features/10-startup-mistakes-and-how-avoid-them by Laurence McCahill, Co-founder at Spook Studio