How to actually start working together. Technology start-ups talk about Minimum Viable Products. The term refers to a product that has “just those features that allow [it] to be launched, and no more.” This is also a useful concept when it comes to partnership. When working with a new partner, there’s a damaging tendency to… Continue reading Minimum Viable Partnership
On Metrics
And why we have it all wrong. The private sector has a universal scoreboard. There is only one goal: have more tomorrow than you have today. You won’t hear investors or entrepreneurs or CEOs debating how to define success. It’s understood by everyone. The public and non-profit sectors don’t have a scoreboard. This isn’t our… Continue reading On Metrics
Making the Orange Surge Permanent
[To start, an admission of bias. My political beliefs were imparted when Ed Broadbent stepped on me while I was playing in the aisle of an anti-nuke rally in the 80s.] What I do for a living is help people understand new ideas and points-of-view in their own language, on their own terms. I’ve built… Continue reading Making the Orange Surge Permanent
Geoffrey MacDougall 