Christopher Mccann

“Conversations are how we work out a compromise and build win-win solutions. This way of working together takes a lot of creativity, self-control and self-awareness. It takes zero creativity to do things the way they’ve always been done. That’s no longer good enough—we have too much important work to do together.”
― Daniel Stillman, Good Talk: How to Design Conversations that Matter

“As you begin to think like a designer, remember one important thing: it’s impossible to predict the future. And the corollary to that thought is: once you design something, it changes the future that is possible.”
― Bill Burnett, Designing Your Life: How to Build a Well-Lived, Joyful Life

“When you listen to someone complaining, you are forced to acknowledge them as a human being instead of a category. You are forced to witness how social systems are borne out in personal experience, to recognize that hardship hurts, that solutions are not as simple as they seem. You are forced to trust, and you are forced to care. In complaint lies a path to compassion. --Originally”
― Sarah Kendzior, The View From Flyover Country: Essays by Sarah Kendzior

“When you understand who you are, design your life, and then go live your life, you cannot fail. It does not mean that you won’t stumble or that a particular prototype will always work as expected. But failure immunity comes from knowing that a prototype that did not work still leaves you with valuable information about the state of the world here—at your new starting point.”
― Bill Burnett, Designing Your Life: How to Build a Well-Lived, Joyful Life