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Goals Are For Losers, Systems Are For Winners
Scott Adams wrote an inspiring book. It’s called How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big: Kind of the Story of My Life. You probably know Mr. Adams a lot better once you find out he’s the...
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My Top 5 Books of 2013
1. The One Thing – if you don’t need motivation, if you get lots done in a day, if you’re a great multi-tasker you’re going to hate this book. It won’t inspire you to do your best work yet. I loved...
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Want To Make a Change? Kill A Sacred Cow
Change doesn’t “just happen”. In any environment forces combined to create friction or resistance which changes the environment over a long period of time. In nature, sacrifices are made to ensure the...
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25 Inspiring Quotes On Shipbuilding, Leading, Design and Happiness [From 8...
From 8 of my favourite books comes these inspirational quotes. From shipbuilding to eating order, you’ll find a beautifully selected cross section of smart, inspiring and quotes that simply make you...
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The Next Book on Leadership You Have to Read is…
Simon Sinek: Why Leaders Eat Last from 99U on Vimeo. I think Leaders Eat Last is one of the best books on leadership that has ever been written. Just the concept, putting others before yourself, is...
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How Education Will Change from Jeph Maystruck 1. Be prepared for Non-Linear learning. Students don’t just learn the grade 6 curriculum and enter grade 7 with a predictable knowledge base anymore. Kids...
View Article99 of the Most Creative Advertisements in the World
Every year in my class at SIAST (or Saskatchewan Polytechnic) we always go over Chip and Dan Heath’s Made to Stick. One of the best breakdowns of why some marketing messages stick and why others...
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21 Quotes On Bumblebees, Obstacles, Superpowers and the F-Word
1. I remind 8 year olds trying out Volleyball for the first time this very lesson. ANYTHING you try for the first time is going to be hard, don’t let that discourage you. Remember, you just need to...
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There is Always a Smarter Way
There is always a smarter way. You just have to come to grips that it’s not going to be your idea at the centre of it. The number one thing that holds most organizations back is ego, the attitude at...
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The Most Underrated Activity In Your Life; Exercise || Eps 24 #InTheLab
The most underrated thing you can do for your life is exercise. There are so many positive side effects to physical activity that it’s almost insane how we live our lives sitting at a desk for hours...
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What To Do About The Struggle [a letter to entrepreneurs]
The hard thing isn’t usually what you think it is. In the entrepreneurial journey there are a lot of emotions, life gets down right shitty some days. There is hope though. You’re on a journey only the...
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17 Must Read Books For 2017
1. How To Fail At Almost Everything and Still Win Big – Scott Adams Counterintuitive thinking on how one attains success. It’s a fun read, he’s a cartoonist so you can imagine how much fun Scott has in...
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How We Start Every Project, Being “an Anthropologist”
When we start projects at StratLab we like to understand the organization we’re working with, the best way we’ve found is to be what David Kelly would call The Anthropologist. The most success we’ve...
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Stop Saying You’re Too Busy || Eps 37 of #InTheLab
When ever someone says “I’m too busy” I’m always reminded of a story I heard about from a Volleyball coach I look up to. In grade 11 leading into grade 12 I wanted to get better at Volleyball. I told...
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Perspective: The Most Underrated Quality in Creating Design || Eps 38 #InTheLab
This week Eddy and I are talking about perspective. Why do we trust designer? What do create professionals see that others do not? What’s so special about having taste? Trust your designer There’s a...
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It’s Not About How Good You Are, It’s About How Good You Want To Be
It’s not about how good you are, it’s about how good you want to be. Well do you? What’s your purpose? What’s your fate? Do you believe you were destined to do something? Don’t you worry child, heaven...
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My Favourite Business Book of All Time
Maverick written by Ricardo Semler in Brazil published in 1993. A transformational business book from start to finish. Completely counter what you’d come to expect from a Brazilian industrial tycoon. I...
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Why Stratlab Doesn’t Have a CEO, President or Formal Boss
We at Stratlab are growing a “Starfish” organization, stolen from Ori Braffman’s the Starfish and the Spider, the story of leaderless organizations. I don’t believe the future is in an organizational...
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What Are You Changing?
What are you changing? Where are you moving your cheese to? What a wonderful read Who Moved My Cheese is, a story on why change matters and will always matter. Just started getting used to it. I was...
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What’s The Number One Class At The Stanford Graduate School of Business?
“Touchy Feely” Class at the Stanford Graduate School of Business has been the number one class for 45 years! “Touchy Feely class” or interpersonal dynamics class at the Stanford Graduate School of...
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