Machine learning is arguably the best example of “learning from failure” (aka the loss) — repeatedly, consistently, relentlessly.

Mentoring tip: Be fully available for your mentees at major forks on the road, changing locations, teams, orgs, career shift, .. When they ask for time at the fork, call them right away, no future scheduling. 30 mins invested at the fork is higher value than 300 mins elsewhere

4yo: “Dad, are you a leader?” Me: “Yes” 8yo: “Everyone is a leader, you are a leader of yourself” Glad the next generation gets this simple truth much earlier than the previous.

“The guests can wait for the food, but the food should never wait for the guests” — wisdom from Chinese Chefs — source: @SpicesofLife stir-fry suppers

Leaders strive for 10X improvements, and don’t act. Most 10X improvements come from stacking 3 2X improvements. Don’t ignore your 2X changes. Act on your 2Xs and get to the 10X.

Belief is critical to elevate, promote and measure in organizations. If you don’t believe you will win, you don’t win. When hiring, assess self-belief.

How so true —

Insightful discussion between @MarcLore & @guyraz on retail - including how the team convinced a reluctant P&G to be a supplier of diapers, and an all-in mindset in pursuit of a mission.

Empowerment and accountability are well balanced duals in effective organizations. Accountability without any empowerment is micro-management. Empowerment without any accountability is disorganization.

The ability to timebox actions is a highly underrated yet critical skill, especially for the deep thinkers. When this skill becomes habitual, bias for action naturally flows for the important-not-urgent. Nothing is perfect.

Good study from MSFT validating meeting scheduling hacks: - Turn 30 mins into 25 - Turn 60 mins into 50 - Make 1:1s walking meetings (this one is mine) Focus on sustained curiosity and creativity. microsoft.com/en-us/worklab/…

Let’s go get more legos for the kids — no more reasons to think twice! Fun apart; NERL — Never Ending Reinforcement Learning is a great area to watch

Common sense is uncommon with machines — excellent write up from @MelMitchell1 on state of progress in AI and the springs and winters to follow.

As India fights and recovers from the ongoing crisis, please donate to the Help Bangalore Breathe efforts: milaap.org/fundraisers/suppo… A number of decentralized efforts are in play across the country. I am familiar with the plan by this team with a heightened sense of urgency.

Non-intuitive for an outsider, but technology driving productivity gains in new areas

A good roster of upcoming AI-centric companies, cutting through the noise of everyone and everything being AI. Application themes: 1. Navigation/Robotics 2. ML Infra/Annotation 3. Drug discovery 4. Fraud/Security 5. Customer Service 6. Speech/Language ..and more.

Teams, co-ordination, and tools and how they evolved with Formula 1 Pitstops. 1+ min with a driver drink break in the 1950s to 2 seconds today Team of 4 to a co-ordinated team of 20+ Formula 1 Pit Stops 1950 & Today youtu.be/RRy_73ivcms via @YouTube

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