Five ways to strengthen the employee-employer relationship. Escaping the trap of efficiency. Validating product-market fit in the real world.

Welcome to the 39th 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

“Five ways to strengthen the employee-employer relationship”

MIT Sloan Management Review asked experts who study employee behavior and manager effectiveness: “How can leadership teams and managers strengthen the employee-employer relationship in 2023?” Five short posts from top contributors.

Found thanks to Connie Noonan Hadley.

Personal development

• Escaping the trap of efficiency: the counterintuitive antidote to the time-anxiety.
• Stupid interview questions.
• The annual planning guide.
• A measured approach to making a drastic change.
• The sweet life: the long-term effects of a sugar-rich early childhood.
• How to avoid one of life's biggest regrets in 3 words.
• How to get better at asking for help at work.
• The hidden power of smiling.

Innovation

• Validating product-market fit in the real world.
• What is NFT wash trading?
• How USD can become an open 3d standard of the metaverse.
• The best of Lenny’s newsletter.
• Progress on the investigation phase of a digital euro. Second report.
• Top 22 breakthroughs of 2022 vs. 1922.
• ChatGPT and the professional's guide to using AI.
• Long-form reads on growth, monetization, and marketplaces. (a big collection)

Leadership and management

• Five ways to strengthen the employee-employer relationship.
• From fixed mindset to growth mindset.
• Is workplace collaboration changing? 12 predictions for 2023.
• To give or take? the surprising science behind success.
• The best public speakers put the audience first.
• Should employees be allowed to choose what they want to do?
• Sam Bankman-Fried’s power was contingent on belief.
• What can we learn from Barnes & Noble's surprising turnaround?
• Psychological safety: the Andon Cord.

One book

“The Psychology of Money” by Morgan Housel.

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 developme