“at Microsoft, we concluded that success has always required that people master four skills: learning about new topics and fields; analyzing and solving new problems; communicating ideas and sharing information with others; and collaborating effectively as part of a team.”
― Tools and Weapons: The Promise and the Peril of the Digital Age
― Tools and Weapons: The Promise and the Peril of the Digital Age
“The best way to control people is to encourage them to be mischievous. Then they will be in control in its wider sense. To give your sheep or cow a large, spacious meadow is the way to control him. So it is with people: first let them do what they want, and watch them. This is the best policy. To ignore them is not good; that is the worst policy. The second worst is trying to control them. The best one is to watch them, just to watch them, without trying to control them.”
― Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind: Informal Talks on Zen Meditation and Practice
― Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind: Informal Talks on Zen Meditation and Practice
“Similarly, productive or just pleasurable conversation has been stifled by technology. It used to be that when a question arose, people kept talking as they sought an answer. The results were healthy discussions, debates, and creative storytelling. Today, however, we immediately turn to Google for the answer, ending that particular line of questioning or thinking. Without those discussions, we’ve lost something valuable, notes Kate Unsworth, a leading expert in social change: “These are the conversations that really form bonds between people. You gain insight into the way someone’s mind works, and it is not typically a conversation anyone has had before, so it is engaging and memorable.”
― The Relationship Economy: Building Stronger Customer Connections in the Digital Age
― The Relationship Economy: Building Stronger Customer Connections in the Digital Age
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