5 Point Saturdays – 12 Sep 2020

Hi All!

Here is your weekly dose of “5 Point Saturdays,” – interesting tidbits from what I have been Reading: Latest reviews, Books, Weekly challenges, Learning Hacks, and More!

What am I reading

The Future of Humanity: Terraforming Mars, Interstellar Travel, Immortality, and Our Destiny Beyond

That Will Never Work: The Birth of Netflix by the first CEO and co-founder Marc Randolph

The Progress Principle – Using Small Wins to ignite joy, engagement and creativity at work

What did I learn this week

I completed an online course on Leading Innovation from Stanford that highlighted how leaders could differentiate between routine and innovative work and foster a creative environment. Professor Robert Sutton used this 7 min clip from IDEO [the global design and innovation company] to highlight the idea generation process 

Shortened IDEO Shopping Cart Video

Funniest thing I watched this week

UPS Commercial “Consultants”

Reminded me of the knowing-doing gap. Also, about how innovation without implementation does not drive results

Video that I am loving!

Have you ever wondered what motivates us? Research showed that for non-menial tasks, more money, counter intuitively, produced worse results

RSA ANIMATE: Drive: The surprising truth about what motivates us

Quote that I am pondering over
“You fight as if you are right, you listen as if you are wrong”

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