Just because you have not seen a black swan, does not mean there are no black swans. Unlikely, incomprehensible events seem impossible until they happen. Once they have happened, in retrospect they are explainable and can even be seen as almost inevitable.
Author Archive | Andrew Leunig
What are you going to stop doing in 2011 ?
By Andrew Leunig on December 9, 2010 in Belief Systems, Blog, Business Issues, Learning and Growth, Life Balance, Lifestyle, Mental Health, Other Stuff, Personal Effectiveness, Personal Energy Levels, Personal Improvement, Strategy
Rather than doing more stuff effectively – what should you stop doing completely ? What personal and business activities should you abandon ? What activities, people, possessions are weighing you down ? Why not get them out of your life in 2011 and free up some “head-space” for more productive thoughts and action ?
Practical Architecture : Small scale , big change
If , like me , you are a fan of great design, then you will appreciate the cleverness on offer at a current exhibition in New York which focuses on the solution of social problems through smart urban design. This is very practical, low cost architecture using locally available materials. “The exhibition has 11 projects […]
Stuxnet : A new type of Cyber warfare
The Economist reports: “IT SOUNDS like the plot of an airport thriller or a James Bond film. A crack team of experts, assembled by a shadowy government agency, develops a cyber-weapon designed to shut down a rogue country’s nuclear programme. The software uses previously unknown tricks to worm its way into industrial control systems undetected, […]
Outliers : The story of success
How do people become successful ? Nature, Nuture, Hard work or something else ?
1000 True Fans
If you had a direct online sales channel – how many fans or customers do you really need ?