Not just fear of failure, but fear of disappointing people, losing status, or admitting (to yourself and others) that the plan you’ve been following isn't actually working

The vision doesn't have to be accurate, it just has to be directional

This reminds me of a take on art, that goes something like "you don't need talent, but you do need to have taste". Taste is the same kind of driver as direction in this case.

Probably butchered the quote, can't remember who said it, but the message stuck.

Taken out of context, this line seems like a valid description of our ethos these days lol.

This reads a bit like classic self-help, but there's a solid point hiding underneath the platitudes. Most careers do get shaped by inertia: the projects you say yes to, the skills you accidentally accumulate, the expectations other people quietly set for you

I find that's a good reason, other than looking for an increase in salary, to seek out new employment opportunities every few years, while nudging your resume more towards the career you want rather than the career you've experienced.

That's fair if you look at Xerox through the lens of "tech company returns"

It's interesting how these models keep reappearing whenever technology gets expensive, complex, and mission-critical

How hard it is for an organization to be good at both discovery and exploitation at the same time

In the end it's all about managing the incentives to be aligned -- the exploitation side needs to not consider the discovery side a threat if it challenges their current exploitations.

The difference is that those ads were annoying on purpose

Yeah, it's tough to sell "gather here for warmth" when the chairs feel like they were engineered to speed-run customer turnover

The song title basically ensured the audience would bounce before the uncanny eyeballs even appeared

If this was intentional PR, then someone wildly misread the room

Some marketers thrive on "bad PR." The Paul brothers and Tesla are good examples.

An old adage says, there is no such thing as "bad PR".

The old adage is dumb, of course there is bad PR, that’s why people hire PR firms to begin with