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Each person’s brain has billions of neurons and trillions of synapses – a neural assembly that’s shaped by time, environment, and experience in a way that

This is huge IMHO. As our computing paradigms are changing, we’re getting closer to modeling a more human type of learning. Add quantum state theory, more mature LSTM approaches (or whatever they’ll be called in the future), plus physiology-based training and feedback mechanisms. Exciting.

The other day, I attended an event that took me through the gamut of emotions. I was educated, inspired, amused, moved and energized. There…

The only primer you’ll need on how to run effective company meetings. Written by the most tenacious, introspective, and graceful leaders I’ve met in tech, Gokul Rajaram.

In my new book BOLD, one of the interviews that I’m most excited about is with my good friend Ray Kurzweil. Bill Gates calls Ray,... read more

Musings and aspirations to imagine a new, different future. These predictions only become scary if we fail to participate.

#virtual reality

Around 2003 I came across Charlie Munger’s 1995 speech, The Psychology of Human Misjudgment, which introduced me to how behavioral…

Sometimes we lack the language needed to acknowledge what we’re going through. A few gems in here...

Wage labor is a means to an end, not an end in itself.

Most of us struggle throughout our lives by giving too many fucks in situations where fucks do not deserve to be given.

”Developing the ability to control and manage the fucks you give is the essence of strength and integrity.”

We’re, um... smaaaart?

Katia Verresen is one of the most sought-after leadership coaches in tech. Here's how she's seen abundant thinking transform careers and companies.

I learned this long ago from my big brother, Jamie: A culture of abundance creates happiness and purpose.

When leaders empower people through a higher purpose, they don’t have to “create buy-in” or use other marketing tactics to win over their followers.

Relentlessly prune bullshit, don’t wait to do things that matter, and savor the time you have. That’s what you do when life is short.

http://www.paulgraham.com/vb.html

You need to be clear in five areas.

Being accountable isn’t a solo covert operation. Ask for help.

#developing employees

Happiness, he argues, isn’t a matter of improving our experience, or even merely confronting it, but remaining present with it in the fullest possible sense:

We need to embrace our personal uncertainty if we’re going to accomplish greatness.

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/26/your-money/learning-to-deal-with-the-impostor-syndrome.html

Florian Motlik, CTO of Codeship, explains how you can create a fast and efficient software team by setting up the right software development workflow.

“Work on software development, not just software” via - @codeship

#speed

Startups focus on speed since they are burning cash every day as they search for product/market fit. But over time code/hardware written/built to validate hypotheses and find early customers can be...

Organizational Debt: It’s the bomb.

Disciplined execution sounds so simple - but without it, a company is paralyzed. This means showing up to meetings on time. It means implementation comes from the top and bottom of an organization. And it requires that autonomy be met with accountability.

Build a MACHINE

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