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Debbie Millman has been named “one of the most creative people in business” by Fast Company, and “one of the most influential designers working today” by Graphic Design USA, Debbie Millman is also an author, educator, curator, and host of the podcast Design Matters.

Notes:

• Visual Storytelling is the art of using language and images to convey a narrative account of real or imagined events.
• How to make an effective presentation? You must know it thoroughly. Practice, rehearse. Get to the point where you can let it flow when you're in it.
  • Don't just read what's on the slide. Use at most one sentence. Use images to help reinforce your message
• "Life is so difficult when you don't know what you're talking about."
• Ideas are easy... Strategies are hard. You need to understand that a presentation is a performance.
• Teaching forces you to learn your topic. If you want to learn about something, sign up to teach others about it.
• “I once read that the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results. I fundamentally disagree with this idea. I think that doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results is the definition of hope.”
• “A brand is simply a set of beliefs. And if you don't create a set of beliefs around your products or services, well, you stand for nothing - you have no values and no vision.”
• “Actually - and ironically - people aren't really interested in a new brand form or flavor as much as they are interested in how a brand can change, impact, or improve their lives. They want brands around them that make them feel special and provide some social cache or confidence.”
• Interviewing is like a game of billiards. Each question should leave you in a position to hit the next shot/ask the next question. Be overprepared so that you can flow in the moment.
  • "You have to listen and really focus on the person."
  • Research everything
• Courage and confidence - The reps lead to confidence. Confidence leads to courage.
• Branding --“Branding is a deliberate differentiation.” Brands aspire for consistency.
• "You can't metabolize regret." -- Go for it.
• At age 50, Debbie came out... And felt so much freedom from it
• “Don’t edit your hopes and dreams before you can ever attempt them.”

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Rob Fitzpatrick is an entrepreneur of 14 years and has written three books about his learnings along the way, including the best-selling handbook for doing better Customer Development, The Mom Test: How to talk to customers and figure out if your business is a good idea when everyone is lying to you. In 2007, he dropped out of grad school to go through YCombinator with his first startup, and has been building products and businesses ever since. Beyond software, he has also kickstarted a physical card game, built an education agency, and more.

Notes:

• The 3 simple rules of the Mom Test:
  • Talk about their life instead of your idea
  • Ask about specifics in the past instead of generics or opinions about the future
  • Talk less and listen more
• How to run better meetings:
  • Focus on who will be in your meeting and how to maximize the value they receive while there
  • Think about learning outcomes - How will you (as the leader) help them be wiser by going to your meetings

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Stan Johnson was hired as Loyola Marymount University's men's basketball head coach on March 20, 2020. The 2020-21 season saw meteoric growths across the board for LMU men’s basketball. In his first season as head coach, Stan Johnson guided his team through the COVID-19 pandemic and posted a winning record in the WCC for the first time since 2011-12.

Notes:

• “I escaped a war at 10. I come from really the gutter in this business. I don’t come from a tree,” “I was at gunpoint at 10 years old with 15-year-olds holding M16s. We got evacuated on a war jet on a mining strip. We came to this country with three bags. That stuff, I think, has helped shape me for this task that I have.”
  • "That gives you empathy and understanding. It makes you relatable to all people."
• “Being lazy is disrespectful to the people that believe in you.” Focus on proving your supporters right. The people who love you and root for you. Prove them right...
• The purpose behind "Coffee With The Coach" during COVID... I wanted to "Win The Wait." Don't just wait it out... Win the wait.
• Culture is a set of behaviors... How do we want to behave? It's a life thing. It's not just a basketball thing.
• Stan has weekly "Culture Meetings." Their structure:
  • Academic highlights
  • Habit share
  • Success hotline -- a pre-recorded hotline with a quote/saying
  • Thought of the day
  • What's happening in the world?
  • Culture emphasis of the day
• Their core values:
  • Selfless - LM Over You. When you're truly selfless, you care about the greater good... It comes back to you
  • Connected - You need great relationships. Relationships over championships.
  • Relentless - Attack everything we do. It's not just basketball.
• What do you want to be remembered for? Do your daily behaviors align with what you want to be remembered for?
• Consistency is what transforms average people, companies, and teams into GREATNESS. Anyone can do it now and then. GREATNESS is found in your ability to bring your best every single day. Keep Going.
• Don’t mistake silence for weakness. Smart people don’t plan big moves out loud.
• Holding people accountable - Truth helps. It doesn't hurt.
  • The greatest form of love is discipline.
• Stan is known as one of the best recruiters in the country... What does he focus on?
  • Relatability - "I can relate to people from all different backgrounds."
  • Sincere - "I say how I feel."
  • Relationships with family - Stan recruits all the members of the family.
• The must-have qualities to be a coach on his staff:
  • Must be really good people (most important)
  • "They gotta be smarter than me. I want them to stretch me, and hold me accountable. They must be smart."
  • Passionate - They need to love it.
• Questions he asks when interviewing someone to be on his staff:
  • What do you want to be remembered for?
  • What are your expectations? (Mine are high")
  • How do you evaluate yourself?
  • What are your relationships like with people you've worked at before? Do you become friends with them?
• How he develops his assistant coaches:
  • Give them big tasks to be responsible for...
• Their mission: "Take people to places they can't take themselves."
• Your competition isn’t other people. Your competition is your procrastination. Your attitude.Your ego. Your blaming. Your complaining. Your ability to stay in the past. Your bad habits. Your jealousy. Your comparison mindset. Your inability to dream bigger. Compete against that.
• “Anytime your gonna grow, you’re gonna lose something. You’re losing what you’re hanging onto to keep safe. You’re losing habits that you’re comfortable with, you’re losing familiarity.” Keep Going.
• You attract what you are, not what you want. If you want great things to happen, then be great with your habits and your daily process of becoming. Keep Going.
• Rejected to Redirected… Keep putting your butt on the line. Don’t get boxed in. Who knows what you could be? Put yourself out there…

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John Amaechi is an organizational psychologist, best-selling author, and CEO of APS Intelligence Ltd. In 2019, John was recognized as one of HR’s most influential thinkers by HR Magazine. John is the first Briton to have a career in the NBA. John is a Chartered Scientist, a Chartered Fellow of the CIPD and a Fellow of the Royal Society for Public Health. He is a Research Fellow at the University of East London and his research interests are effective, inclusive leadership, building high-performing teams and organisational design that maximises productivity and human thriving in readiness for the future world of work.

Notes:

• “Excellence is in the mundane.” The hours and hours of work when no one is watching.
• Effective feedback - If it’s not developing them, it’s not feedback. And feedback is never cruel. Ask, what can we learn from this?
• The evidence-based traits he shared about effective leadership
• “Promises have an enormous impact when kept by giants. And a devastating impact when broken. To keep these promises, unconditionally and persistently, is the duty and honor of being a giant.”
• "You can't be a part-time man of principle."
• There is a difference between elite teams and a group of elite individuals. We want to build elite teams.
  • Look at how you reward people -- What gets measured, gets managed. Reward people for being great teammates.
  • People must earn and maintain their job titles.
• Coaching leaders:
  • Start at the end - What does great look like?
  • Introspection - How well do you know yourself?
  • Pragmatic - Measure real progress
• Introspective work - view yourself critically, but not cruelly
  • "You need people around you to be truly candid and caring."
• John and his team take an analytical approach - "I have a geek squad and we analyze data."
  • They use expertise to provide commentary on the data
• Feedback - It must be timely and effective. Do regular micro-appraisals. What made you think of that? What can we learn from this?
  • If it's not developing them, it's not feedback
  • Feedback is never cruel
• Mantra: "I promise to reject excuses and embrace discomfort."
  • You can't skip to comfort...
• The Promises of Giants is the product of a lifetime spent observing and studying effective leadership - from accompanying his mother's visits to her dying patients to competing at the highest levels of professional sport, through two decades of management consulting with multinational corporations. These experiences have shown that everyone has the ability to act decisively to influence the world in a positive way.
  • Everyone is a giant to someone...
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