“You could get an Observation Paper out of that.”Tumblr (3.0; @oberservationpaper)http://observationpaper.com/<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/083c662e252bf6e006af6f12b2be161a/tumblr_mmvahy4yqq1r75x33o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>“You don’t learn how to be fascinating, you learn how to be unboring.” ~ Sally Hogshead</p> <p><a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Clearfin_lionfish_(Pterois_radiata).JPG">Photo by The High Fin Sperm Whale</a></p>http://observationpaper.com/post/50600561265http://observationpaper.com/post/50600561265Thu, 16 May 2013 17:11:37 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/1a2f8c355aadb2c1b670326d3dfb1075/tumblr_ml9zwhuveX1r75x33o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>“Specificity is the soul of narrative.” ~ Judge John Hodgman</p> <p><a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fleur_de_givre_L.jpg">Photo by Annick MONNIER</a></p>http://observationpaper.com/post/48234761157http://observationpaper.com/post/48234761157Wed, 17 Apr 2013 19:37:43 -0400narrativestorytellingspecificityJudge John Hodgmanquotequotograph<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/d787a8ddaa2bf90502b96c14b4f9b3de/tumblr_ml9zq7skoG1r75x33o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>“You got to be careful to not get too comfortable with incremental improvement. I think sometimes you just got to jump off a ledge.” ~ Merlin Mann</p>http://observationpaper.com/post/48158656594http://observationpaper.com/post/48158656594Tue, 16 Apr 2013 20:11:38 -0400ImprovementRisksquotequotographMerlin Mann<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/acbcd1db4cf12aaf731657d578bacdca/tumblr_ml9zn7E8eJ1r75x33o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>“It’s never a straight line to perfection.” ~ LeVar Burton</p> <p><a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:SNCF_TGV_PSE_Viaduc_de_Cize_-_Bolozon.jpg">Photo by Kabelleger/David Gubler</a></p>http://observationpaper.com/post/48072590117http://observationpaper.com/post/48072590117Mon, 15 Apr 2013 18:42:37 -0400betterImprovementperfectionquotequotographLeVar Burton<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/772adf32ac619034365a52ba4a0d92ae/tumblr_ml4c95MsfU1r75x33o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>“Don’t tell me what you’re doing. Tell me what you’ve stopped doing.” ~ Peter Drucker</p> <p><a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Macroglossum_stellatarum01(js).jpg">Photo by Jerzy Strzelecki</a></p>http://observationpaper.com/post/47995052634http://observationpaper.com/post/47995052634Sun, 14 Apr 2013 19:11:31 -0400Peter Druckerprioritiesmanagementtimequotequotograph<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/d7ee3f2a286a3f43b85ea575e73bbd1b/tumblr_ml2h79p77h1r75x33o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>“To be authentic is literally to be your own author, to discover your own native energies and desires, and then to find your own way of acting on them.” ~ Warren G. Bennis</p> <p><a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chamaeleo_namaquensis_(Namib-Naukluft,_2011).jpg">Photo by Yathin S Krishnappa</a></p>http://observationpaper.com/post/47735144812http://observationpaper.com/post/47735144812Thu, 11 Apr 2013 19:11:36 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/338dde1aa8a0f7a897ec8502da7ccfee/tumblr_mkan6kTDxh1r75x33o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>“Twenty-first century leaders might benefit from thinking of themselves as being in the center of a web rather than on top of a pyramid” ~ Dr. Ben Dattner</p> <p><a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pajeczyna2.jpg">Photo by Wojsyl</a></p>http://observationpaper.com/post/46380514245http://observationpaper.com/post/46380514245Tue, 26 Mar 2013 20:39:56 -0400leadershipleaderspowerquotequotographBen Dattner<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/2653603b8b114d5807c2251bde7228e7/tumblr_mjzla2anlw1r75x33o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>“Good writing is often about letting go of fear and affectation.” ~ Stephen King</p> <p><a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dry_Etosha_Pan.jpg">Photo by Alchemist-hp</a></p>http://observationpaper.com/post/46288963547http://observationpaper.com/post/46288963547Mon, 25 Mar 2013 19:11:33 -0400writingfearaffectionquotequotographstephen king<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/c7b7c7c89ad179de76e42eb9eba79549/tumblr_mjzl6oRcvD1r75x33o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>“It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of what he was never reasoned into.” ~ Jonathan Swift</p> <p><a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:A_young_wild_boar_in_his_environment.jpg">Photo by Michael Gäbler</a></p>http://observationpaper.com/post/46202740714http://observationpaper.com/post/46202740714Sun, 24 Mar 2013 19:11:40 -0400uselessreasonmanquotequotographJonathan Swift<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/c9e8ecb8b82fdb69fde68f15cc7208af/tumblr_mjzl2igDik1r75x33o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>“Where you stand depends on where you sit.” ~ Graham Allison</p> <p><a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Apis_florea_worker_1.jpg">Photo by Gideon Pisanty</a></p>http://observationpaper.com/post/45946316986http://observationpaper.com/post/45946316986Thu, 21 Mar 2013 19:11:29 -0400sitstandpositionopiniongraham allisonquotequotograph<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/42a0c63c2e71d569830b1d3f154782d1/tumblr_mjrjqcsSC71r75x33o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>“The smartest thing you can ever do is to constantly ask questions.” ~ Anne Sweeney</p> <p><a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chalkboard_of_signatures,_Old_Chapel,_Amherst,_Massachusetts.jpg">ktr101</a></p>http://observationpaper.com/post/45869087270http://observationpaper.com/post/45869087270Wed, 20 Mar 2013 19:11:37 -0400questionssmartlearningquotequotographAnne Sweeney<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/041803e1b9beb5a1cc13f122c53d5914/tumblr_mjrjkd8Azz1r75x33o1_r1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>“To sell well is to convince someone else to part with resources - not to deprive that person, but to leave him better off in the end.” ~ Daniel Pink</p> <p><a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:New_Yorker_(4375671506).jpg">Photo by Kuba Bozanowski</a></p>http://observationpaper.com/post/45790402208http://observationpaper.com/post/45790402208Tue, 19 Mar 2013 19:11:40 -0400SellTo Sell is HumansellingquotequotographDaniel Pink<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/1c4d0131f48b2d9c7d15d315f93b3753/tumblr_mjrj9rP62p1r75x33o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>“Instead of looking at the data about today’s performance, I keep my attention on the questions I need to ask so I can catch the issues of the future.” ~ Clayton Christensen</p> <p><a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Endeavour_silhouette_STS-130.jpg">Photo by NASA/Crew of Expedition 22</a></p>http://observationpaper.com/post/45708707136http://observationpaper.com/post/45708707136Mon, 18 Mar 2013 19:11:37 -0400performancequestionsquotequotographclayton christensen<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/9027938f412b78f8c196126b26eef3e4/tumblr_mjrijsXgoZ1r75x33o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>“Analogies give order to the world and solidarity. ” ~ Sarah Vowell</p> <p><a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rosa_Parks_Old_GM_Bus_serial_number_1132_interior_No_2857.jpg">Photo by Dehk</a></p>http://observationpaper.com/post/45626824702http://observationpaper.com/post/45626824702Sun, 17 Mar 2013 19:11:31 -0400analogycreativityquotequotographsarah vowellcomparison<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/2482a1d49693b53b8b45204b13e40d12/tumblr_mjmrsw24E41r75x33o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>“A great piece of art is composed not just of what is in the final piece, but equally important, what is not.” ~ Jim Collins</p> <p><a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Naoshima05.jpg">Photo by Jennifer</a></p>http://observationpaper.com/post/45376229766http://observationpaper.com/post/45376229766Thu, 14 Mar 2013 19:11:38 -0400artcreativityeditingquotequotographjim collins<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/5d0bb4d59d7ea573ae4e799e65f95b20/tumblr_mjmkts9hkB1r75x33o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>“Art consists of limitation. The most beautiful part of every picture is the frame.” ~ G.K. Chesterton</p> <p><a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gallery_of_Art-_Prishtina.JPG">Photo by Bujar I Gashi</a></p>http://observationpaper.com/post/45307906976http://observationpaper.com/post/45307906976Wed, 13 Mar 2013 20:46:40 -0400artlimitationsG. K. Chestertonbeautycreativity<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/69c4b347e1a9a108da57703edd7bb907/tumblr_mjj2hnvrn01r75x33o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>“How can you make sense of the future when you only have data about the past?” ~ Clayton Christensen </p>http://observationpaper.com/post/45223082102http://observationpaper.com/post/45223082102Tue, 12 Mar 2013 19:11:35 -0400datapastfuturedecisionsquotequotographclayton christensen<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/a8b773f295d2e1580a5a9215d089e1de/tumblr_mjfhpxnRD61r75x33o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>“When you fail is when you need to celebrate. Good times bring their own champagne.” ~ Stephen Tobolowsky</p> <p><a href="http://pdphoto.org/PictureDetail.php?mat=pdef&pg=8346">Photo by Jon Sullivan at PDPhoto.org</a></p>http://observationpaper.com/post/45143590532http://observationpaper.com/post/45143590532Mon, 11 Mar 2013 19:11:29 -0400failurecelebratequotequotographstephen tobolowsky<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/18110156261c420f37465462f730719e/tumblr_mjfhh328WG1r75x33o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>“A world of flat organizations and tumultuous business conditions - and that’s our world - punishes fixed skills and prizes elastic ones.” ~ Daniel Pink</p> <p><a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gl%C3%BChlampe_explodiert.jpg">Photo by Stefan Krause, Germany</a></p>http://observationpaper.com/post/45064080897http://observationpaper.com/post/45064080897Sun, 10 Mar 2013 19:11:25 -0400changebusinessskillsquotequotographDaniel Pink<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/4bb7e5c976c5b10e06062c7b4b643d06/tumblr_mjbfh58z2V1r75x33o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>“When we are selective about doing business only with those who believe in our WHY, trust emerges.” ~ Simon Sinek</p>http://observationpaper.com/post/44819633132http://observationpaper.com/post/44819633132Thu, 07 Mar 2013 19:17:29 -0500smgforumtrustwhybusinesssimon sinek