December 2010
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What us folks in advertising can learn from guns
After spending years perfecting their swordsmanship, the Samurais got their heads blown off by tiny bits of lead. That’s innovation.
Guns made all of the Samurai discipline, training, craftsmanship irrelevant.
The same amount of time the samurais could have spent inventing a gun were spent doing the same useless training over and over again.
And now, decades later, gun warfare is...
November 2010
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What is donkey work?
Hauling dirt is donkey work. Labor intensive but inefficient. And at the end of the day there’s very little to show for all that effort. Here’s an example of an experienced project manager (PM) generating donkey work: PM: I’ve scheduled a scrum every morning at 10am. Me: What’s a scrum? PM: It’s a status meeting. I get to keep track of where everyone is at. Me: So can we not tell you...