![]() See the screenshots below for a couple of examples. And it knows when you’re distracted, prompting you to remove distractions and become focussed again. I love it because it knows when you’re having meetings and where you have opportunities in your calendar for deep work. Imagine a robot that watched what you were doing, and when you were performing focussed, deep work, and prompted you to get back on track. This week I came across an app that’s perhaps best described as a robotic Deep Work coach. So, the question is, are we getting more innovative, or is there a bubble around market valuations? RescueTime the Deep Work coach ![]() At this rate, 2021 will see more Unicorns born than the total of the past three years. In Q2 2020, there were 23 unicorns born, and then in Q2 2021, there were 136 unicorns born. So, when a firm passes a $1 billion valuation, it becomes defined as a Unicorn. Unicorns are defined as private companies with more than $1 billion in valuation. Unicorn birth rateĪn interesting statistic I saw this week was about the Unicorns birth rate. Too much fun.”įrom the early days of showcasing tech that may have contained bugs but still functions, tech demos have evolved into storyboards of imaginary products held together with duct tape. The fabric of the robot’s all-white jumpsuit, with its accidentally stylish boat neck, creased as the robot danced. Only a real live human could do the Charleston with such fluidity. From the article above, “After first appearing stiff-armed and arthritic, the robot broke into dance. Yet this week, the ridiculousness that is tech demonstrations reached their logical, absurd conclusion when it was conceived that the Tesla Bot was actually just a PR stunt and that Elon Musk’s girlfriend was allegedly inside the robot suit. You’re proud to demonstrate the features and benefits because it’s an actual product. You are excited to promote it and share the great work your team has done. Imagine you were about to release a new product. The iPhones at the launch were buggy and crashed, but they were real and kind of worked, being ultimately complete and ready for sale within six months. Hours of trial and error had helped the iPhone team develop what engineers called “the golden path,” a specific set of tasks performed in a specific way and order that made the phone look as if it worked. If you did those things in reverse, however, it might not. It worked fine if you sent an email and then surfed the Web. The iPhone could play a section of a song or a video, but it couldn’t play an entire clip reliably without crashing. We subsequently learned that the demo iPhones Jobs used on stage weren’t quite ready, and one hour before the presentation, the engineers still couldn’t get the phones to complete a full run-through. This is one device! And we are calling it iPhone.” A phone - are you getting it? These are not three separate devices. And a breakthrough internet communications device. On January 9, 2007, at the Macworld 2007 convention, Steve Jobs released the first iPhone stating to the delighted audience, “So, three things: a widescreen iPod with touch controls. In this week’s podcast, Kevin and I talk about how the best leaders hold people accountable more on that below, but first. The point is not to dream about spending money but to challenge your team’s beliefs about the current importance of certain strategic areas of your business. “If we had $100m in the bank, what would we do differently?” He shared that the CEO who posed the question spent an hour discussing it with the team, and importantly, they came up with at least a dozen ideas for things they should potentially prioritise. It reminds me of the Ernest Hemingway quote, “I rewrote the ending to ‘Farewell to Arms,’ the last page of it, thirty-nine times before I was satisfied.” So once isn’t thirty-nine times, but I appreciate the feeling.Īlso, this week I was talking on the podcast with Kevin Lawrence, and he shared an excellent question for a leadership team. And that sat with me for weeks and weeks, unable to move forward or back. I’d finished the chapter, it was broadly good, but I didn’t feel it was great. I’ve had a good week, buoyed by rewriting a chapter in my new book about Onboarding. Do you know what we call an adult that reads two books a year? Normal.” - Nic Peterson “Do you know what we call a child that reads two books a year? Slow. Tesla bot, Unicorn birth rate, RescueTime, Timeboxing explained, Facebook water consumption & Building accountability
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