Tommy Dyer
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Tommy Dyer
@extragrad.bsky.social
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The "Schumpeter" column in The Economist provides a business-oriented perspective on economic developments, emphasizing the dynamic and often disruptive forces of innovation and entrepreneurship that shape the global economy.
June 25, 2025 at 1:19 PM
I just got back from Paris for a work trip. Last time I was there I interviewed Theirry Weil about the book he wrote with Stanford Business School Professor James G March by the name of On Leadership. (He assembled March’s class notes to write the book with March’s review and blessing.)
June 16, 2025 at 2:00 PM
"Work is Meetings," according to The Atlantic, and for many of us, that's the unavoidable truth.
June 9, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Building on my previous post, so many are investing in cutting-edge tech, but do teams harness their full human potential? The biggest untapped resource isn't another algorithm – it's the Generative Dialogue happening (or not happening) in meetings.
May 27, 2025 at 1:18 PM
I just remembered why I started that Gemini Gem chat that helped me define what I’ve been interested in for ages that I mentioned in my previous post.
May 21, 2025 at 1:48 PM
After a back and forth on intelligence with a Gemini Gem I'm told the term for what I'm most interested in is Generative Dialogue (or Co-Intelligence). What this is in 🧵
May 14, 2025 at 1:38 PM
I'm rereading "The Goal" by Eliyahu Goldratt (yes, a business novel!) and diving into "No Bad Parts" by Dr. Richard Schwartz for the third time. I like revisiting mentors who speak directly to where I'm at right now.
May 7, 2025 at 1:35 PM
The idea that Humanism looks to human experience rather than supernatural beliefs for guidance is quite thought-provoking. It makes me wonder about the different ways people find meaning and purpose in life.
April 28, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Albert Einstein said that our theories of the world determine what we see. So also in reading. We must have our own wheelhouse of facts to see and evaluate new information, whatever the medium...
April 21, 2025 at 1:43 PM
"Within these pages the meanings of good reader have little to do with how well anyone decodes words;...
April 14, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Humanism is a philosophy that values human dignity, reason, and progress. It promotes critical thinking over dogma and ethics over superstition. Whether secular or religious, it emphasizes human potential and responsibility. #Humanism #Reason #Ethics
March 17, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Good one that struck me reading Ryan Holiday's Daily Dad "An illiterate world is not a good one, but a world where people unthinkingly believe and accept everything they read is not much better."
March 14, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Most people have never had a great conversation. What's worse is they don't even know it. Agree or disagree?
March 5, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Hot take: Most people don't read books. To do that you have to digest what you read. Most people just consume the words. To really integrate them like food, you have to digest them. How do you do that?
February 25, 2025 at 2:10 PM