Weekend Building Blocks - 28 APR 2017
There's no value in collecting blocks unless you're connecting them to build something awesome! Here's what I've picked up this week: Masters of the Snowmobile: Musashi, Boyd, Musk . Chet Richards, of Slightly East of New , was an associate of John Boyd. Here he discusses the analogy of the snowmobile - a new combination of existing things. I've been a fan of Miyamoto Musashi's Book of Five Rings , and of course all things John Boyd. It's interesting to hear the similarities with Elon Musk. The Talent Curse . Jennifer Petriglieri and Gianpiero Petriglieri use case scenarios to describe what can happen when people are labeled according to their perceived "talent." After a handful of paragraphs, I was reminded of Carol Dweck's research on mindset (fixed versus growth)...so I wasn't the least bit surprised when she was cited in this article! A Course of Leeches . Nathan Constable (pseudonym) is a policeman in the UK. In this piec