Data has become an asset, and nobody has more customer information than a subscription business. Traditional companies are launching entire subscription offerings just for the data they provide.
“Beware of the person who gives advice, telling you that a certain action on your part is “good for you” while it is also good for him, while the harm to you doesn’t directly affect him.”
― Skin in the Game: Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life
― Skin in the Game: Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life
“Actually, the data reveals that checking in with your team members once a month is literally worse than useless. While team leaders who check in once a week see, on average, a 13 percent increase in team engagement, those who check in only once a month see a 5 percent decrease in engagement.”
― Nine Lies About Work: A Freethinking Leader’s Guide to the Real World
― Nine Lies About Work: A Freethinking Leader’s Guide to the Real World
“Avoid taking advice from someone who gives advice for a living, unless there is a penalty for their advice.”
― Skin in the Game: Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life
― Skin in the Game: Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life
“Blaise Pascal, the famous French mathematician and physicist, wrote in Lettres Provinciales (translated), “I have made this longer than usual because I have not had time to make it shorter.”
― Creating a Data-Driven Organization: Practical Advice from the Trenches
― Creating a Data-Driven Organization: Practical Advice from the Trenches
“while people might care which company they join, they don’t care which company they work for. The truth is that, once there, people care which team they’re on.”
― Nine Lies About Work: A Freethinking Leader’s Guide to the Real World
― Nine Lies About Work: A Freethinking Leader’s Guide to the Real World
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