Talk at Interaction 15, San Francisco, reflecting on what's next. A full transcription of the talk can be found here: https://medium.com/todays-office/a-year-of-reflection-820d228d999c
35. THE WALK/TALK RATIO
The amount of time that an
organisation spends talking about its
social impact work, versus what it
actually did on the ground.
36. THE WALK/TALK RATIO
The amount of time that an
organisation spends talking about its
social impact work, versus what it
actually did on the ground.
OBSCENE PROPORTIONS
70. There are projects.
The ones that shape, mould and refine what we do,
allow us to iterate on what we know – the
operational things that help us get stuff done better,
faster, smoother.
And then there are those projects.
Those projects shape us and our team, they expand
our world view, open minds to new ways of thinking,
bring our short existence into sharp focus – they
remind us that our time on this planet is too fleeting
to devote to things that are no sooner done, than
forgotten.
Those projects make us question our beliefs, our
career goals, who we work for, who we work with,
who we want to work with, and where we want to
devote our energies for the next few years.
It’s those projects that rapidly evaporate any tolerance
for bullshit.
They remind us of what we’ve let drift, and provide a
rough hand to steer us back on track.
They are the essence of a life worked well.
Everyone has their own criteria for what makes one of
“those projects”. They can include heart-in-mouth,
will-we-or-won’t-we-make-it moments where the
cost of failure is absolute, where fear stalks and
somewhere along the line hearts leap, and tears are
shed. They generate experiences that can’t be
unlearnt, are in no danger of being forgotten.
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