Having been in quaratine for almost 3 months I was in need of a haircut. My cut is simple 2 guard on the sides with a high fade to an 8 on top. The problem I ran into was I didn’t own clippers. So I searched and searched and finally found Andis Envy clippers, and the best part is they are made in the USA. They worked great.
This is not an exact quote but it still hits the mark.
We are all beautiful or none of us are.
We are all children of God, beautiful. This is the place from which we must start. Deny one of us, deny us all.
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Larry McEnerney, Director of the University of Chicago’s Writing Program, gives a lecture on writing effectively. While the presentation is focused on academic writing, he provides great insight into how experts and professionals need to think about effective writing. There are many takeaways, but right up front, McEnerney hits on the first barrier to effective writing, “stop thinking about rules and start thinking about readers.” Other valuable insights are:
The academic bent of the presentation is a small price you pay to better understand effective professional writing in general.
I think Ryan Singer concisely lists out the 4 questions that all Product Managers have to be skilled at answering. I would refine #4 to read, Supply-side value. What matters to my Bosses and teams? I think what matters to the teams we engage with gets lost and can impact the team’s commitment to outcomes the product manager is trying to achieve.
Four literacies for product managers:
1. Design. Will this work for customers?
2. Tech. What’s possible, what’s easy and hard?
3. Demand-side value. What matters to customers?
4. Supply-side value. What matters to my bosses?— Ryan Singer (@rjs) November 14, 2018
Tom The Architect 