Avinash Kaushik’s 4 step journey to business glory
1. Find the most critical experiences in your digital existence.
2. Try them yourself as if you were the actual user.
3. Cry.
4. Now that you have the why, use the what to highlight the importance of improving the experience.
Via: http://www.kaushik.net/avinash/profitable-user-centric-design-powered-by-you/
The leader could borrow those terms and try to apply them… or the leader can follow the example of Jesus and find a way to connect God’s story to that person’s story, in a powerful way.
In our talk about being “Born Again”, we can miss a powerful example about communicating to someone at their place of greatest need.
Running a mile in 4 minutes was considered humanly impossible until Roger Bannister broke that barrier.
Within 3 years, 16 others broke the 4 minute barrier.
The only thing that changed was that the impossible was revealed to be possible.
Perception and mindset are important.
(Hat Tip: Beyond Performance by Keller & Price)
I like innovation. I love to see the emergence of new systems.
I also like stability. I wish I could be left to create in a stable environment.
Expecting to see innovation from stability is not merely unrealistic, it may be counterproductive. Innovation comes from moments of disequilibrium, not moments of stability. An unstable system is not something I should avoid, rather it is a precursor to emergence that I should embrace. I shouldn’t look for stability in my situations.
As a Christ-follower, I need to remember that God is my strength. The stability of a situation or ecology is not a foundation in which to find peace. Psalm 46 reminds me that God is my strength, even if “the earth gives way and the mountains fall into the sea”.
No disequilibrium I have experienced has been THAT severe.
When putting together a customer survey, never underestimate the value of the pretest. If sending the survey to a group, consider starting by sending the survey to 10% of your list first. Take a look at their responses.
Look for all of these answers with a small portion of your survey sample, before the entire sample answers the wrong question.
Test your test
Facebook experienced some downtime today… and we all had fun rediscovering Twitter:
Facebook users right now: #facebookdown pic.twitter.com/CS8DxFwrAq
— TrivWorks (@TrivWorks) September 28, 2015
Facebook is down. Millions of mothers worldwide have to raise their babies now instead of posting updates about them #facebookdown
— AppSapp (@AppSapp) September 28, 2015
is it a coincidence that now Facebook is down I can hear car alarms? the apocalypse is coming
— Harry Seaton (@harryseaton) September 28, 2015
Part of me wants Facebook to be down forever… 🙊
— Zedd (@Zedd) September 28, 2015
https://twitter.com/Official_Craig/status/648583460609761282
Some day I'll tell my grandkids about the 2nd Great Depression.#facebookdown
— Daniel Gardner (@Daniel_Gardner) September 28, 2015
But in the end.. all was right with the world:
Facebook is back up. Thanks, Obama. #facebookdown
— Peter Shankman (@petershankman) September 28, 2015
Discover the gems in 80% of Google Analytics that you are not using, features that will transform your ability to identify high-impact insights and actions.
Source: 10 Hidden Gems In Google Analytics: Smart Web Data Analysis
The next time you get picked up by a Toyota Prius with a pink mustache (I haven’t seen the mustache in a while), you could be on your way to a Venti Iced Something Something.
Starbucks just announced a broad partnership with ride-sharing company Lyft, including a plan to reward Lyft drivers and customers in the U.S. with My Starbucks Rewards.
