Understanding your own innate ratio of the 3 factors for business aptitude can give you insights on your professional behavior, making you a more effective employee or business leader. When I hear people talk about the factors that determine one’s professional competencies, they’re usually focused on just 2 traits: intelligence and emotional awareness. Observing the…
Home business 4 posts
Don’t Let Remote Work Create Remote Relationships
I’ve come to realize that not all workplaces are created equal. In fact, I think there are some things that are impossible to replicate when “attending a meeting” is reduced to staring at a screen of floating faces. When we returned to the office in June, many shortcomings of remote work became apparent to me;…
No One Cares About Your Features, So Start Defining Your Solutions
One of the biggest problems I see when companies market their technology solutions is that they incorrectly focus on defining the features instead of the benefits. Customers are less interested in the specific functionalities of your product and more concerned with how it will add value to their lives. While features are important, they aren’t…
Let Go and Grow Your Business
4 Lessons learned about growing and scaling your startup Perfectionism, attention to detail, competitiveness and a joy for your craft, these are the traits that I have seen over the years in some of the best designers and software developers. These are also personality traits that have controlled my life for a very long time…