"All this he saw, for one moment breathless and intense, vivid on the morning sky; and still, as he looked, he lived; and still, as he lived, he wondered."
Teams that thrive under pressure, learn from mistakes, and emerge stronger from challenges are antifragile, but how do you create the right environment for these qualities to emerge? Encourage Autonomy and Decentralization. In antifragile systems, decision-making needs to be decentralized as it happens in Scrum. Giving...
Fail Fast refers to the idea of experimenting quickly and reaching failure points as early as possible. By failing fast, you avoid wasting time and resources on approaches that don’t work. The quicker you identify what doesn’t work, the sooner you can pivot and try...
Yesterday we introduced the concept of Antifragility. Today let's see some principles of using it in innovation, particularly digital innovation which thrives on disruption. Embrace Uncertainty: companies that drive digital innovation often face volatility. By embracing uncertainty rather than fearing it, you allow space for...
Antifragility is a concept that goes beyond mere resilience (the ability of a substance or object to spring back into shape, which came to signify the capacity to withstand or to recover quickly from difficulties) and robustness (the ability to withstand or overcome adverse conditions...
During this month of relative calm, I was reflecting that many of the tools we use to manage teams and projects were born between the 80s and the 90s: most of the Agile family including Scrum (conceptualized in the 1980s with the term being introduced...
This next novel will be my first I-novel ever; of course, it won't be an I-novel of the Literary Establishment sort, but it will be an attempt to vivisect myself in which I will turn on myself the blade of psychological analysis that I have...
È possibile portare avanti con successo un debriefing in un'ora e mezza sull'attività di una stagione intera? In birreria, per di più, radunando dieci persone di età, background e caratteri profondamente diversi. Certo che è possibile e l'abbiamo fatto alla fine della scorsa stagione insieme...
Osamu Dazai (1909–1948) was a Japanese writer known for his deeply personal, existential, and often autobiographical fiction, and one of the most significant authors in modern Japanese literature. A pen name for Shūji Tsushima, Osamu Dazai was born into a wealthy family in Kanagi and his life...
Celebrated as one of the major figures in modern Japanese literature and nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1964, Jun'ichirō Tanizaki (1886-1965) was a Japanese author known for his exploration of themes such as female beauty and destructive erotic obsessions. His notable works...
There's a tale by this title in Andrew Lang's The Blue Fairy Book, and that's closely related to the tale "The Fisherman and His Wife" collected by the Brothers Grimm. It's also sometimes known as "The Enchanted Fish". This tale however is a different one,...
