⫹⫺ Warm Up

CMMN WLTH 078 - Cheat Codes for Creators, Makers and Doers

Andy Barr

Jul 18, 2022

Hello my friends,

You wouldn’t start a marathon without a warm up.

Why do you start the work week without one?

When I began writing CMMN WLTH I spent an unhealthy amount of time obsessing over when to send it to your inbox.

How do I cut through the noise?

What’s best for the algorithm?

Would anyone read it over the weekend?

Observing that most of us go straight from the calm of the weekend directly into the chaos of the week unprepared for the mental confrontation, I’ve started to think of CMMN WLTH as a warm up routine for your brain.

An activation drill delivered to you before the race starts.

— Andy

Product

In 2015 Dutch bike brand Van Moof started shipping their luxury e-bikes to the US but as a result, started losing thousands of euros a month due to careless delivery companies. Their solution? Make their boxes look like they have TVs inside. Subsequently, shipping damages dropped by 80%.

Anticipation for the Nothing Phone 1 continues to build with further details being revealed ahead of next week’s official launch date. “Because when you're thinking about your loved ones, and you're making a product for them," Pei says, "you're gonna go the extra mile. You're gonna do the extra all-nighter just to make the product a little bit better."
Today’s startups should be referencing 90s Sony sub branding for their logo designs. How many do you remember?

People

Is a great team more than the sum of its players? “Part of the reason why recruiters and others resort to going after the best players rather than building the best team is that it remains unclear what other factors contribute to team greatness, and how to quantify them.”
Looking for a new job or wanting to sharpen your resume? A definitive list of career resources to help you find your next thing.
Designing an organization against a new strategy is a make or break activity for leadership. These fundamental guidelines, drawn from experience, can help you reshape your organization to fit your business strategy.

Process

When you’re born your parents protect you from being overstimulated. Life starts very simply. Here’s how to reset ↓

The foundation of Systems Thinking is understanding that everything is interconnected. Develop individual agency using the 6 core concepts of Systems Thinking.
In 2010 Inception set a new standard for cinema with its nonlinear storytelling and an open end (still waiting for Inception 2). Christopher Nolan’s original hand sketch describes the intricacies of the plot ↓ (h/t Julian Shapiro)