Getting in the Generalist Zone
I get a lot of funny looks from people when I talk about how I organize my life. During any given week, outside work, I might be wakeboarding, baking brownies, taking coding courses, working on blogs, trying out muay thai, working on software project ideas, taking online philosophy classes, bouldering
'Online' is not the future; and it will never be
We can throw as much tech as we want to our problems but the truth of the matter is that we are social animals that need physical human interaction. Tech, screens, the internet will never be the full answer to our deepest needs nor the complete solution to our problems.
The future of food delivery
Imagine a reality in which the majority of the meals we consume are being delivered on-demand. A world in which cooking is considered a crafty artsy activity instead of a basic human survival skill. Food is ordered in a matter of seconds, customized for the eater and is delivered by
Breaking into Product: What I wish I knew
A guide of the DOs and DONT’s of landing a product role all the way from the application to the interview stage + a list of the top 50+ questions I got during my hunt.For the past 3 months, I have been focusing on one thing; landing a job
‘Best Practices’ Are for MBAs. The Rest of Us Get to Work.
Why ‘best practices’ alone don’t work and the importance of experience for learning when to apply them instead.A few weeks ago, I found myself in Chiswick laying on the grass at Turnham Green devouring a copy of DHH’s & Jason Fried’s ‘It doesn’t have to
You don’t find passion, you create it.
We are all looking for our passion but most of us got the concept all wrong.You are NOT born with passionsWe are NOT born with passions. We are born with talents. We do NOT find our passions. We find our talents which can give us a hint as to
If Work Feels Comfortable, You Are Doing It Wrong
The personal growth machine and how you can supercharge it using the 3 growth levers.
30 lessons from 30 days in a branding strategy agency
I strongly believe brand is a huge part of a successful product so I was eager to dive right in and get the most out of my time at ZZdot in Athens in September of 2016. It was an amazing experiene and this is the best of what I learned
My first PM Principles.
It has not been long since I was bit by the product bug. Throughout my quest I have been collecting all the 💎s I came across. Here are my 40 favorites.
Louis Vuitton | Breaking the mould of innovation management
Any person passionate about doing creative work does so, knowingly or unknowingly, in order to satisfy primarily three needs: self-expression, self-enrichment and connection. Whether an illustrator, a chef, a graffiti artist, a developer or a copywriter; these craftsmen need work in which they have a degree of creative freedom through
The price to pay
Growth, creativity, autheniticity, ambition, curiosity, morality. Theres always a price to pay. The question is: do you think it is worth it?Jenny YuThe price of ever-ending personal growth.You keep reinventing yourself. After a point you end up being a Ferrari in a highway of Toyotas. You have no
Consumption is the enemy of creation
Balancing consumption & creation is probably one of the biggest struggles for the creative curious individual. Curiosity drives us to read, learn and explore non-stop. Creativity pushes us to want to externalize all the thoughts, ideas, insights that result from those. They are both necessary parts of the same creative