I frequently reflect how difficult it is to define what makes a good designer. And that's no wonder, we find it hard to define good design itself. It's a bit like leadership, some people are definitely good leaders and some are surely bad ones. There is a huge variation in outcomes, skills and styles, yet …
Tag: Careers
Power of curiosity
A few days back, this paper was published by Open AI - an AI research organization sponsored by people like Elon Musk and Peter Thiel. An AI agent was incentivized to be curious and explore the game. And it was the first time the AI beat human performance on the game 'Montezuma's revenge'. Instead of …
Has LinkedIn affected your career?
“Do I contradict myself? Very well, then, I contradict myself; I am large -- I contain multitudes.” - Walt Whitman Around a month ago, I shared ideas on maximalist careers. As we have better tools, better connectivity, more people will follow their curiosity, and build up an array of skills which might be not be …
Self Driving Humans
How do you react when facing a blank page? Some people want others to tell them what to do, some don't want others to tell them what to do, and some don't mind others telling them what to do. Founders, authors, creators of any sort - people who regularly face uncertainty and open-ended problems - …
Staircases and Playgrounds
Yesterday I shared some ideas about how more people are having (and possibly will have) maximalist careers, building an array of diverse skills. We can also look at this phenomenon with some analogies. Most careers are seen as staircases, or 'ladders'. The direction is 'up'. So our resumes and LinkedIn are designed to show the linear, …
Maximalist careers
A few days back I shared some ideas on maximal and minimal product design. But these ideas are quite general and can be applied to visual design, interior design as well as to literature. They can also be applied to careers. A minimalist career is closer to a linear career - same domain, same function, …
Curated Intelligence 