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In this week’s newsletter:
(1)Product: Happy Little Products (2)People: The edges of creativity (3)Process: Breaking the brain clock
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*Product
Happy Little Products by Norbert Teston
“You are a quality professional, small business owner, or COO, I made this just for you.”
The author: I met Norbert early in my career at adidas and we worked together on some highly complex projects, including many industry “firsts”. Firsts that would never have been possible without his innovative approach to quality and compliance.
Make it fun: Happy Little Products takes a topic that is traditionally not exciting, and often avoided, and makes it engaging and stimulating.
Who is the book for?: Although it uses examples from the sports industry the concepts are applicable to any role that touches product. If you are a startup founder it is the easiest way to learn about the most critical failure point of your business.
*People
Joshua Kushner - The New World by Jeremy Stern
“My deepest insecurity is that I have these intuitions about things that I cannot explain to anyone. Sometimes I see or experience something and it makes sense to me, I fall in love, but I cannot explain why.”
Creativity as an edge: Kushner’s taste and intuition give him an edge in an industry obsessed with spreadsheets and data.
Avoid trying to appease others: People love you, then they hate you, then they love you again. Form your own beliefs and values and you will attract the people you want to surround yourself with.
Maniacal conviction: Most VCs spread their bets widely. Willingness to go all-in on a few high-conviction ideas is a significant differentiator.
*Process
Creative Experiences and Brain Clocks
“Positive social determinants of brain health and lifestyles, such as physical activity and good cardiometabolic health, education and prosociality, may reduce accelerated aging. Organ and brain clocks have shown how protective factors modulate brain aging”
Creative experiences may delay brain aging: Across all creative domains studied (tango dancers, musicians, visual artists, and video gamers) participants showed a delay in brain aging.
Expertise vs. Learning: The higher the level of expertise and performance the greater the delay in brain age.
Modifying the brain structure: Domain-free creativity is linked to reduced accelerated aging through underlying brain plasticity mechanisms that lead to a more efficient and better-coupled brain network organization, particularly strengthening connections in regions vulnerable to age.
*Out of Office
French Illustrator Guy Billout’s reality.
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Heard great things from everyone who has read Norbert’s book. Reminds me that I need to place my order.