Paying for Outcomes, Change the way productivity is valued, Turning around a failing company

Welcome to the 23rd 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.

I encourage you to take the time to send me a few lines and introduce yourself; I would love to understand who is finding this newsletter useful and why.

And here is the selection of what grabbed my attention this week.

One “must read” for this week

How to change the way productivity is valued. Tracking how workers spend their time has become an increasingly important issue in an era of remote work. An antiquated equation: productivity = time spent = value created. By Rachel Botsman .

Personal development

• Paying for outcomes.
• Text is the universal interface.
• Your career is just one-eighth of your life.
• Simplify your time management with the 'rule of 4'.
• You no longer need to switch jobs to reinvent yourself and reignite your passion.
• Surviving solopreneurship.
• What I wish I knew when I started teaching.

Innovation

• Turning around a failing company.
• Entering a new market? Harness the power of familiarity.
• The principles of learning from prototypes: 5 lessons.
• 6 ways businesses can prepare for the metaverse era.
• 15 innovation experts to follow.
• A labor movement for the platform economy.
• In the innovation game, the best ideas start with the right problem.

Leadership and management

• How to change the way productivity is valued.
• The future of team leadership is multimodal.
• Why the future of work could take place in the metaverse.
• Why the fuss over quiet quitting?
• High-performing teams don’t leave relationships to chance.

One book

“Limitless: Upgrade Your Brain, Learn Anything Faster, and Unlock Your Exceptional Life” by Jim Kwik .

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