Summary: The best products have a strong sense of taste that goes beyond just features; they reflect a clear vision and intentional design. This taste helps teams make better decisions, avoid unnecessary features, and create a cohesive user experience. In a competitive market, having taste can differentiate a product and lead to long-term success.
three that will set knowledge workers apart: emotional clarity, discernment, and connection. “The two building blocks of a company are (1) decisions and (2) relationships. Emotional clarity underpins both of these. (View Highlight)
True random feels broken. Engineered random feels right. (View Highlight)
When software feels intentional, users assume the infrastructure, security, and roadmap are too. (View Highlight)
Being useful means that you are good at getting things done in a specific area, so that people above you can delegate that completely. You are reliable, efficient, maybe even indispensable in the short term. But you are seen primarily as a gap-filler… Being valued, on the other hand, means that you are brought into more conversations, not just to execute, but to help shape the direction (View Highlight)
You should be useful to an organization. But being valued is higher than being useful.