Journal of discoveries #09

Welcome to the 9th issue of the newsletter, “Journal of discoveries.” Each week, I check a curated list of hundreds of sources of inspiration to spot interesting articles, videos, podcasts, and books on personal development, leadership, management, technology, and innovation.

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Here is a selection of what grabbed my attention this week.

Personal development

Dangers of toxic positivity . Efficiency is the enemy . Martin Luther rewired your brain. 103 bits of advice I wish I had known . 10 ways to use fewer colors in your data visualizations. Email management: how to hack back and cure inbox insanity . How to say no .

Innovation

Decentralized id . Cambridge engineers develop zero carbon cement . How to move beyond a monolithic data lake to a distributed data mesh . From biotech to techbio . Top ten list of discovery-driven planning misses . Games fund one: building the future of games . Everyone needs to be an innovator? no. Co-creator of the iPod and iPhone on radical innovation . Uber is ready to accept failure , sort of.

Leadership and management

Think digital . Women are over-mentored (but under-sponsored ). What does the future of work sound like ?. Capuchins reject unequal pay . One year later: purpose of a corporation. Adam Grant: the do’s and don'ts of returning to the office. The ideal ceo-to-employee pay ratio ? much lower than you think. Elon musk’s memo didn’t just demand a return to offices. It promoted overwork ..

Books

Indistractable by Nir Eyal.

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

I also share on Twitter and Instagram visual illustrations about personal development, management, leadership, and innovation.