frontiership: dreams, teams and liftoffs
It was conference time. I was at a conference in Malaga with the busienss, talking about this and that (in Spanish). A young Mexican couple did an adhoc podcast with us which was sweet. The Mexican girl gave me their instagram account. She had a round plump face with a really wide smile, and pigtails. [ ] The post A room with a pool appeared first on nealdtaylor.com .
The tech stack is now complete as version 1.0 The key breakthrough is that whilst automation has existed for a long time for defined and repeatable workflows, having AI in the loop means that suddenly analysis, synthesis and interpretation can be included in repeatable automated workflows without the human intervention. In logistics the most difficult [ ] The post Agile AI and Automation Tech…
Special Operation and the destiny of nations by Derek Leebaert Special operations have repeatedly bent the arc of history. At decisive moments, small groups of “picked men” seized impossibly high-leverage opportunities, transforming desperate struggle into breakthrough, and breakthrough into conquest. Although not explicitly outlined in the book, I noticed a familiar pattern: Struggle [ ] The post…
The Good ship in slack waters. The metaphor brings the team meaning. As you start to build up your team, you’ll notice certain images, narratives, and symbols filter through in the language that people use. But it’s not something that can be contrived. Often it’s compelled by the situation, by the dynamics of the team in [ ] The post Teams and metaphors appeared first on nealdtaylor.com .
The rubicon represents the moment of commitment to a course of actions. When Julius Caesar crossed the Rubicon in 49 BCE, he broke Roman law and sealed the fate of the Republic. The Rubicon was a small river marking the northern boundary of Italy, and generals were forbidden to lead their armies across it under [ ] The post Pre-rubicon Reading Material appeared first on nealdtaylor.com .
He was a busker, I guess, and I used to see him down by the point. Walking under the coconut palms around the boardwalk with his flat-tuned guitar which he’d seldomly strum for a few seconds before getting distracted by something. I could hear him shouting from afar, his mad belly laughs and then outbursts [ ] The post Shouting gratitude appeared first on nealdtaylor.com .
If every member of a team was replaced, one by one, is it still the same team? The Ship of Theseus is a classic thought experiment which asks if you changed every piece of the ship, plank by plank, and if every part is replaced. Is it the same ship? Does this apply to teams? [ ] The post Team identities ⚓︎ Ship o’ Theseus ⚓︎ Siddhartha appeared first on nealdtaylor.com .
We went hiking through the jungles of Central America. There is a rare bird in this scene. As we emerged from jungle s undergrowth to this raised open area, our guide immediately pointed, and said, there s a male quetzal. I couldn t see the bird. Even when he pointed in the direction, I still couldn t see. He [ ] The post Bird spotting as relevance realisation appeared first on nealdtaylor.com .
Where I am, there are countless retreats and an almost limitless demand for it. It puzzles me. It seems that people are retreating from the world. I wonder what the opposite might be. To stay calm and determined in the face of adversity, or to aim to do something about it; to change the small [ ] The post Retreats appeared first on nealdtaylor.com .
“The laws of thermodynamics were developed by nineteenth-century scientists to describe relationships between heat and mechanical energy. The second law of thermodynamics is based on the observation that many physical processes appear irreversible: Although these processes may theoretically be able to proceed forward or backward, when we observe them, they only go one way. Once a [ ] The post…