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Planning is Guessing (Season 2)

Planning is Guessing (Season 2)

FromREWORK


Planning is Guessing (Season 2)

FromREWORK

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Length:
24 minutes
Released:
Sep 28, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

People put too much stock in making long-term plans, but let's call them what they really are: guesses. On this episode we discuss deadlines, business plans, world domination, and Dungeons & Dragons.Show Notes
01:06 - Dungeons & Dragons

01:20 - Mind Flayer

02:00 - Six-week cycles (Shape Up)
05:54 - The meaning of a bet (Shape Up)
07:23 - Shape Up

08:32 - Setting the appetite (Shape Up)
09:57 - "Plans are useless, but planning is indispensable." - Dwight D. Eisenhower
12:29 - Carlos Segura - Segura, Inc.

12:43 - S Corporations

15:24 - The deal Jeff Bezos got on Basecamp (Signal v. Noise)
16:51 - Blue Origin

19:04 - “The reason that most of us are unhappy most of the time is that we set our goals—not for the person we’re going to be when we reach them—we set our goals for the person we are when we set them.” - Jim Coudal quoting Dan Gilbert (Creative Mornings Chicago)
19:12 - Coudal Partners

19:12 - Field Notes

20:59 - Key Performance Indicator (KPI)
21:01 - Objectives and Key Results (OKR)
Released:
Sep 28, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

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