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Differentiate Euclidean cadences from fractal cadences Man made cadences usually tend to be Euclidean + check list based (do x every week until y, inspect desktop every morning, etc.) Organic cadences tend to be fractal (fast 1 day a week, then 2-3 days every other month, etc.)
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cultivate people you can talk to, to help you distill the gestalt of an idea work hard to determine the true constraints, and factors that play into a merit function consider designs suggested by the extrema look for conservation principles if you want to remember, communicate
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Use a system you trust to track tasks, projects, & commmitents (inbound & outbound)--review it regularly. Write everything down. You may need to do it again (or teach someone) later. Practice talking to humans. If ppl knew how to solve their own problems why need you?
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💯 “practice talking to humans” My team is fully remote, on chat and email all day When a problem comes up, my first question is: Have you TALKED to them about it? No, almost always. As soon as they do, they remark about how easy it was to solve in conversation
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Visualize the process you’re working on - whiteboard, digital doc, whatever Best done separately with different functions/ groups so you understand how *they think things work* Comparing diagrams side-by-side will show gaps in the process, and wild misconceptions across teams
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At a high level, I always start with 2 things: Communication: if you don’t have good communication fundamentals, then anything good that happens with your team is basically luck Process: visualize & document assumptions around Duration => Path => Outcome to get everyone aligned
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Walk through your assumptions and perform sensitivity analysis. Then address the most critical assumptions - validate or insulate.
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Repeatedly prove the base case (I.e. you learn 10x more and design from manually brute forcing yourself through single examples than from weeks of "strategy")
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