Uncategorized Losing it All Created 25 May 2015 / Updated 27 March 2017 by adamf Awesome post from ShakyCode: I was on top of the world, fell down on my ass, but in the end I fought hard to survive and with a little help from some amazing people I rejoined humanity and gained a lot of knowledge along the way. In the end, money does not equal happiness. These […] Read more »
Uncategorized The mature use of emotion Created 27 August 2013 / Updated 27 March 2017 by adamf Rationality is not about eliminating emotion – instead, it’s using emotion in a mature way, in a way that doesn’t harm people or cause confusion, and ideally adds a lot of wisdom and depth to a conversation. That’s really useful in relationships, and I especially find it useful in business. Too often people try to […] Read more »
Uncategorized Learning How To Learn 22 February 2013 by adamf | Leave a Comment I’ve been teaching a class at Puget Sound Community School called Learning How To Learn. The idea of the class is to learn how to study more effectively, so you can do great at high school — even while taking hard classes — and still have a life. It seems to work for my son […] Read more »
Uncategorized Culture Hacking course at UW Bothell Created 20 May 2012 / Updated 30 December 2012 by adamf | Leave a Comment My friends David Socha and Sue Kraemer are teaching a course on culture hacking at UW Bothell this fall. It looks awesome: This is a seminar that will explore our learning and team cultures. It will be highly experiential, with you being taught and then practicing techniques that are known to help create and maintain […] Read more »
Uncategorized More on what great leaders are like Created 28 January 2012 / Updated 29 January 2012 by adamf | 2 Comments on More on what great leaders are like Skip Walter had a great blog post recently on what great leaders are like, and what less-than-great-leaders are like. It was educational and also painful to read because of the juxtaposition. So here’s Skip’s post with just the “great” statements – it’s more aspirational than comparative, so it serves somewhat of a different purpose than […] Read more »
Uncategorized Art and great teams Created 10 January 2012 / Updated 9 January 2012 by adamf | Leave a Comment David Socha writes about the connection between great teams and art: Want to create great products together? Want to be more innovative or creative? Do artwork. With your team. Read more »
Uncategorized Yoga, culture, and the spark of life Created 9 January 2012 / Updated 17 December 2012 by adamf | 3 Comments on Yoga, culture, and the spark of life Writing about a recent article about yoga in the New York Times Magazine, Ran said, Something the article doesn’t mention is that every yoga pose was invented by someone whose body needed that particular stretch at that particular time. Ideally we would all have the skill and awareness to improvise our own exercises every day. […] Read more »
Uncategorized Multipersonal Flow Created 23 December 2011 / Updated 24 December 2011 by adamf | Leave a Comment I’ve written about flow and work elsewhere. Lately I’ve become interested in multipersonal flow – a flow state that is achieved as part of a team, where multiple people are experiencing flow while interacting with each other. You can see what Jim and Michele McCarthy have to say about multipersonal flow in Software For Your […] Read more »
Uncategorized Characteristics of great teams Created 23 December 2011 / Updated 24 December 2011 by adamf | 1 Comment on Characteristics of great teams These are some of the characteristics of the culture of excellence that I want to see in teams I work with. I think great teams that work in any creative field will share these qualities: Optimistic aspiration to greatness – individuals and teams seek out excellence on their own. Shared vision – people and teams […] Read more »
Uncategorized Flow and work Created 25 November 2011 / Updated 26 November 2011 by adamf | Leave a Comment Flow is a state of consciousness where a person is “fully immersed in a feeling of energized focus, full involvement, and success in the process of the activity”. There is a TED talk by Mihaly Csíkszentmihályi on the subject. It is about 20 minutes and very interesting. It covers the same material that is in […] Read more »