The traditional kind of corporate meeting starts with a presentation. Somebody gets up in front of the room and presents with a powerpoint presentation, some type of slide show. In our view you get very little information, you get bullet points. This is easy for the presenter, but difficult for the audience. And so instead, all of our meetings are structured around a 6 page narrative memo. --Jeff Bezos, Amazon Also notice that everyone actually uses the first part of the meeting time (30 minutes?
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Amazon Staff Meetings: “No PowerPoint”
The traditional kind of corporate meeting starts with a presentation. Somebody gets up in front of the room and presents with a powerpoint presentation, some type of slide show. In our view you get very little information, you get bullet points. This is easy for the presenter, but difficult for the audience. And so instead, all of our meetings are structured around a 6 page narrative memo. --Jeff Bezos, Amazon Also notice that everyone actually uses the first part of the meeting time (30 minutes?
Planning is fine, but generally over-rated
He said he never sought lot of advice because if he had gone and asked people what he was about to do and work, they would have told him it wouldn't work and dissuaded him from taking up the venture. "I would experiment experiment, test, go fast, fail fast. Planning is fine but generally over-rated," said Dell, who founded the company as a student. --Michael Dell's Advice to Indian Entrepreneurs
Planning is fine, but generally over-rated
He said he never sought lot of advice because if he had gone and asked people what he was about to do and work, they would have told him it wouldn't work and dissuaded him from taking up the venture. "I would experiment experiment, test, go fast, fail fast. Planning is fine but generally over-rated," said Dell, who founded the company as a student. --Michael Dell's Advice to Indian Entrepreneurs
https://www.brighttalk.com/clients/js/embed/embed.js
When I was at Dell I worked in strategy and M&A, so speaking publically was not really in the job description. Nonetheless, I pitched in with my marketing friends from time-to-time, as in this talk going over cloud as Dell saw it and advice for users.
(Source: https://www.brighttalk.com/)
https://www.brighttalk.com/clients/js/embed/embed.js
When I was at Dell I worked in strategy and M&A, so speaking publically was not really in the job description. Nonetheless, I pitched in with my marketing friends from time-to-time, as in this talk going over cloud as Dell saw it and advice for users.
(Source: https://www.brighttalk.com/)
Lazy robots, or, Is cloud meeting your expectations?
As I mentioned earlier, Roy and and I had a webinar today about Dell's cloud portfolio and strategies. Here's a recording of it, enjoy.
And, there's also one on DevOps, from Barton and Willis.
Lazy robots, or, Is cloud meeting your expectations?
As I mentioned earlier, Roy and and I had a webinar today about Dell's cloud portfolio and strategies. Here's a recording of it, enjoy.
And, there's also one on DevOps, from Barton and Willis.
How GitHub runs itself
In that I work at BigCo that wants to transform, with lots of software in our future, I think a lot about this talk:
From the 2012 Monktoberfest.
How GitHub runs itself
In that I work at BigCo that wants to transform, with lots of software in our future, I think a lot about this talk:
From the 2012 Monktoberfest.