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Sergey Nesterov 7/19/24 Sergey Nesterov 7/19/24

100’ SPLIT: The Simplest Work Time Tracker

An excellent tool for tracking time and estimating productivity requires a scrap of paper and a pencil …

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Sergey Nesterov 7/19/24 Sergey Nesterov 7/19/24

2X2 MATRIX: Splits Anything into Four Categories

The most popular managerial tool allows you to split any set into four categories and get enough granularity for many situations …

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Sergey Nesterov 7/19/24 Sergey Nesterov 7/19/24

“EFFECTIVE MANAGERS”: Should Work for Your Competitor

These are dangerous jerks with positional power lacking relevant managerial skills or common sense to compensate for this absence …

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Sergey Nesterov 5/30/24 Sergey Nesterov 5/30/24

ABUNDANCE OF RESOURCES: Helps Create, Forgives Waste

Any large group can solve many problems and get away with many inefficiencies due to the abundant resources …

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Sergey Nesterov 5/30/24 Sergey Nesterov 5/30/24

ADEQUACY: Enough Is Better than the Best

When anybody flashes numbers before you, it is reasonable to ask, “Is it adequate for the purpose?” or “How much is enough?”

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Sergey Nesterov 5/30/24 Sergey Nesterov 5/30/24

ADMINISTRATIVE OVERHEAD: The Smaller, the Better

Administrative overhead is the amount of resources you spend not on work but on the organization of this work …

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Sergey Nesterov 5/30/24 Sergey Nesterov 5/30/24

AGILE: Light and Flexible

Agile is an iterative incremental approach to managing…

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ANALOGY: Simple and Good

Although its outcome might not be accurate, it might give an idea …

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BAD APPLE: Yes, He Can!

The main danger of a bad apple is …

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BLACK-BOX APPROACH: Tweak Inputs, Watch Outputs

While not interested in or unable to know the internal processes, we can still affect…

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BOSSES AND LEADERS: They Rarely Meet in Person

You can hardly find any site or course about leadership that does not have lengthy discussions about the differences between bosses and leaders…

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BUFFER: Preparing to Feed the Unexpected

Also known as a reserve, it is an additional amount of resources that a planner allocates so that …

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BUILD YOUR LAB: Practice by Playing at Low-Stakes

No one can become good at working with people or managing projects by reading books or …

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CALIBRATE YOUR PERCEPTION: Others Might Be Right

It helps when our reality, at least in essential aspects, does not differ much from …

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CAPACITY TO CHANGE: Most Heroes Refuse The Call. Period.

We usually take for granted people's ability to change. This assumption comes from …

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CERTAINTY HOLDER: Prozac for Humanity

A Certainty Holder is a figure, role, or concept created by people to decrease their fear of …

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CHANGING GROUP NORMS: Next to Impossible

Changing existing norms is hard if you are at the top; it is (next to) impossible if you are …

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CHARISMA: More, Please!

People cannot define charisma but often think they need more of it than …

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CHECKPOINT: Can Prevent a Fiasco

Having a checkpoint without explicit knowledge of what to check is …

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COALITION: The Meek, Unite!

A coalition is a group that voluntarily forms for some time to push a goal important to …

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