Looking back into the histories of large enterprises, you can learn many important lessons. Analysing today’s successful companies past shareholder letters can gain many insights into the strategy which helped them to get to where they are today.
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Summary of ‘Why can’t we read anymore?’ by Hugh McGuire
This great article by Hugh McGuire, even though it is nearly 10 years old, describes near perfectly my (and, as it seems, many others) relation to books in the age of endless dopamine hits coming from our beloved smartphones.
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Summary of Building Slack – Day 1 by Johnny Rodgers and Ali Rayl
This series of articles goes into detail how Slack was born out of the chat function of a video game.
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Summary of Rocks, Pebbles, Sand: How to implement in practice by Jason Cohen
In this long-form blog post, Jason Cohen takes a new approach to scheduling work as a product manager, which involves the popular rocks, pebbles, and sand in a jar analogy.
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Summary of What Effective General Managers Really Do by John P. Kotter
This essay from HBR by John P. Kotter explains how managers can get more efficient by including activities like hallway chattering into their daily work.
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