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Metaskills: A Book Review by Bob Morris
METASKILLS: Five Talents for the Robotic Age Marty Neumeier New Riders (2012) A brilliant examination of superior thinking by a superior thinker Note: There are a few books that I re-read at least once a year because they have had…
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METASKILLS: Five Talents for the Robotic Age Marty Neumeier New Riders (2012) A brilliant examination of superior thinking by a superior thinker Note: There are a few books that I re-read at least once year because they have had such…
Read MoreMETASKILLS: A book review by Bob Morris
METASKILLS: Five Talents for the Robotic Age Marty Neumeier New Riders (2012) J. H. Flavell was probably the first to use the term metacognition when suggesting that it “refers to one’s knowledge concerning one’s own cognitive processes or anything related…
Read MoreMarty Neumeier on “The Four Stages of the Buy-In Curve”
Here’s the latest communiqué from Marty Neumeier in which he shares his thoughts about the process by which to obtain buy-in from those who are initially opposed or indifferent to the given proposition. * * * Imagine being shown a…
Read MoreEvery design has its own order. The job of the genius is to discover it. The best approach is to start with a logical structure, then deviate from it according to your needs, your skills, and the particular demands of…
Read MoreMarty Neumeier on “The Rules of Genius, #14: Use a dynamic process for reactive elements”
Complex problems are dynamic. They don’t hold still while you work on them. The traditional approach is to address a complex problem as if it were a simple problem, breaking it into discrete steps that can be executed one at…
Read MoreThe starting point for choosing a process is understanding what kind of system you’re dealing with. Is it simple or complex? Are the elements static and unchanging or dynamic and unpredictable? Many projects have fairly static elements. Even a project…
Read MoreThe first eleven rules were concerned with getting the right idea. The next fourteen are concerned with getting the idea right. This is the work of bending, shaping, and polishing your idea so it aligns with its purpose. This is…
Read MoreThe world’s greatest scientists, philosophers, and artists agree: If an idea isn’t beautiful, it’s probably not innovative. They’re putting a special spin on the word “beautiful” by defining beauty as a quality of wholeness, or harmony, that generates pleasure, meaning,…
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Scissors Paper Rock: HOW TO COMPETE AGAINST ANY SIZE COMPANY AND WIN
Here is a portion of a revised excerpt from ZAG, one of Marty Neumeier‘s brilliant books. In fact, it was named one of the “100 Best Business Books of All Time.” He explains how to slay both Davids and Goliaths in…
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