Venkatesh Rao@vgr·May 19, 2017Poll: What's the biggest weakness/gap in your personal/career/business life decision-making right now?Insufficient strategery14.9%Weak tactical maneuvering20.4%Chaotic/fragile ops31.8%Underdeveloped doctrine32.8%201 votes·Final results825
Abe Stanway@abestanway·May 19, 2017Replying to @vgrtime and luck. most valuable data these days comes from 1:1 conversations with SMEs. skill is evaluating SME intelligence + meeting new ones1
Venkatesh Rao@vgr·May 19, 2017Replying to @abestanwaySo what's stopping you from going wherever the SMEs of relevance to your ideas are? Where are they?1
Abe Stanway@abestanway·May 19, 2017Replying to @vgrnothing stopping :) but it just takes time, luck, and relationship building2
Venkatesh Rao@vgrReplying to @abestanwayI.e. If data is out there you can always decide to go looking or decide it's too costly. If it isn't yet there, it's a wait-decision. Easy.3:53 PM · May 19, 2017
Abe Stanway@abestanway·May 19, 2017Replying to @vgrah! well - if you have finally found the place with no data, that's your cue to start building and filling the void with action.11
Venkatesh Rao@vgr·May 19, 2017Replying to @abestanwayMy hypothesis is that my 4 options are actually MECE diagnostic of any decision-making condition11