smartcuts: how hackers and innovators accelerate success. shane snow at business of software...
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Presented at Business of Software conference, Shane Snow, author and journalist explains how successful people and companies often seem to do amazing things in implausibly short periods of time. Inspiring and thoughtful, worth looking at for anyone who has too much to do and too little time to do it.TRANSCRIPT
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Smartcuts: How Hackers, Innovators, and Icons Accelerate Success !
by @ShaneSnow of @Contently
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Hello.
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A scenario
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Who do you pick?
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Lateral thinking
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Obsessed.
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Breakthroughs!
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Think sideways
Use levers
Think 10x
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“Bigger or Better”
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“Parlay”
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“Small wins”
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Average journey to Fortune 500 CEO = 30 years
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This is how…
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Think sideways
Use levers
Think 10x
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“Selective slacking”
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RoR
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1s and 0s
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Toilets, yarn, etc.
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Kids and calculators
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Think sideways
Use levers
Think 10x
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Astro Teller
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“It’s easier to make something 10x better than 10% better.”
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Private space companies
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“I want to die on Mars.”
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Goals
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Test takers
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Investment
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This is why…
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It’s easier to start a revolution.
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Think sideways
Use levers
Think 10x
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No one ever changed the world by cutting
corners.
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No one ever made a breakthrough without
breaking rules.
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Let’s break some big ones.
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@
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@ShaneSnow !
contently.com !
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Thank you!