Dunbar’s Number and Team Size, The Power of Anti-Goals, Generative Tech Begins

Welcome to the 29th issue of the newsletter, “Journal of discoveries.” Each week, I check a list of hundreds of sources of inspiration to spot exciting articles, videos, podcasts, and books on personal development, leadership, management, technology, and innovation.

Let’s dive in!

One “must read” for this week

“Dunbar’s Number and Team Size ” What is the approximate?maximum number of people we humans can concurrently maintain stable relationships with??Dunbar suggested a maximum group size of 150, which he found represented in natural-forming groups all over the world in different domains and cultures – from tribes to military units – is a function of neocortex size in the primate brain.

Personal development

• The power of anti-goals .
• Pay off one conflict debt in your life.
• Is having too many choices really the greater problem for consumers?
• Friction : the hidden force holding you back.
• The science behind sleep and high performance .
• How to talk to strangers .
• Why meeting another’s gaze is so powerful.
• Jim Dethmer on self-awareness .
• Neurodiversity is a competitive advantage.

Innovation

• Generative tech begins.
• Why your company needs data-product managers .
• When do you kickoff a (customer) problem discovery study ?
• What machines can’t do (yet) in real work settings.
• Apple and the metaverse : everything we know so far.
• Share of people who say they are happy , 1984 to 2014.
• A simple map for innovation at scale .
• Eric Schmidt's AMA : ai, national security, and cyborgs.
• Low earth orbit visualization .

Leadership and management

• Dunbar’s number and team size.
• Three essential rules for influencing your colleagues.
• Research: simple writing pays off (literally).
• Digital body language signals you may be sending even if you don’t intend to.
• How to do sponsorship right.
• Recognizing and responding to microaggressions at work.
• Introvert leadership : tips for introverted leaders.
• Social capital : build back better relationships at work.
• Strong boundaries are key to work-life balance: how to set them.

One book

“False Alarm: How Climate Change Panic Costs Us Trillions, Hurts the Poor, and Fails to Fix the Planet ” by Bj?rn Lomborg.

Twitter lists

Here are the Twitter lists from which I get most of the ideas and inspirations. Please note that the categorization is, of course, quite subjective.

• Innovation
• Entrepreneurship
• Management and Leadership
• Visual Ideas
• Personal development