πΊ Fire and Forget: Delegated work has to be executed or reported back on by the assignee. The goal is to kill any need to track progress and create full trust into assignee. - Stefan Richterβ
π‘ It's only rational to complain about the environment if there's maintained rejection of a reasonable initiative. - Alexander Thiel
π‘ Replacing "but" with "and" doesn't depreciate what's before the "and". - not attributable
πΎ The 10-second rule: When a conversation's temperature start to rise, add ample breaks to allow yourself and others to structure thoughts and make sure everybody feels heard. - Jason Atonβ
Managing knowledge
πΎ Document discussion can often be sped up by noting and aligning on what a section wants to get across before formulating paragraphs - Alexander Thiel
Presenting something
πΎ 1. Tell me what you are going to tell me 2. Tell me 3. Tell me what you told me - unknown, learned from Lennart Telwestβ
πΎ Design and optimize your presentation for the 3 things listeners will tell their peers when talking about it. Keep these questions in mind: What will peers think? What could go wrong? What are the opportunities? - Renn Varaβ
πΎ Immediately debrief after a presentation: What went well, what didn't? - Meri Williamsβ
Sales Conversations
πΎ Catnip: A easy-to-remember way of quickly assessing relevance in initial sales conversations - Hieu Leβ
Cause: Why are they in pain/talking to me?
Authority: What kind of purchasing authority do they have? How are they involved in the cash flow management process?
Tools: What tools are they using to figure out what their cash position is?
Nickel: What (range) is their budget?
Implementation: Assuming that our tool can do x, y, and z, how quickly can we decide? How quickly can we onboard?