When Celeste and I married, we both changed our name to Sarvata, which means wholeness or integrity. It means that around us, you get to be exactly who you are. Put another way, by Dave Rendall, author of the Freak…
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Do the Words “Change Process” Make You Gag?
So much corporate jargon turns me off as it just seems to complicate things. “Change Process” is one of those terms. Imagine my surprise this week when Ari Weinzweig of shared the change process they use at Zingerman’s and I immediately…
What do you stand for?
The best, most inspiring businesses are about something more. And it comes through when they tell there stories. Check out this beautifully-done video from The Little Potato Company to see what I mean.
Move Authority to Where the Information Is
I’m a sucker for these white-board animations of speeches, if the speaker and content are good. David Marquet is both.
Excellence is Weird
Be yourself. Be weird. That’s how to make a difference.
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What are you willing to suck at?
When you try to be good at everything while your competitors are trying to do the same, you’re doing the opposite of differentiating. You’ll basically converge on 3 for every attribute that customers could care about. Look at how Southwest…
What are you willing to be bad at?
Average at everything is the default when you try to beat your competitors are every measure. When you’re willing to be bad, you free up resources (time, attention, money) to be great at something.
Facebook’s BHAG
Did you see that Facebook has a new BHAG this week? Zuckerburg calls it their ten-year roadmap. Give everyone the power to share anything with anyone. Inspiring? You bet! That’s one of the hallmarks of a great company, an…
Weekly Collective Intelligence
We’re running into a bit of confusion about what the hot seat is supposed to include every week. Can you give me a basic rundown of what that means for the person who is on the hot seat? Sure. The…
Portland Scaling Up Workshop (Mastering the Rockefeller Habits)
June 9, 2016: Register now or find out more.
Ted Sarvata 