@ryanmaynard00.bsky.social
"Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things." - Peter Drucker, The Essential Drucker
What "right thing" are you focusing on this week?
What "right thing" are you focusing on this week?
March 19, 2025 at 12:35 PM
"Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things." - Peter Drucker, The Essential Drucker
What "right thing" are you focusing on this week?
What "right thing" are you focusing on this week?
"Innovation is not about saying yes to everything. It's about saying NO to all but the most crucial features." - Steve Jobs, cited in The Innovation Dilemma
What feature have you killed lately that actually made your product better?
What feature have you killed lately that actually made your product better?
March 18, 2025 at 3:37 PM
"Innovation is not about saying yes to everything. It's about saying NO to all but the most crucial features." - Steve Jobs, cited in The Innovation Dilemma
What feature have you killed lately that actually made your product better?
What feature have you killed lately that actually made your product better?
"Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning." - Bill Gates, cited in The Lean Startup
What's the most valuable feedback you've received from an unhappy customer?
What's the most valuable feedback you've received from an unhappy customer?
March 17, 2025 at 12:35 PM
"Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning." - Bill Gates, cited in The Lean Startup
What's the most valuable feedback you've received from an unhappy customer?
What's the most valuable feedback you've received from an unhappy customer?
"Move fast and break things. Unless you are breaking stuff, you are not moving fast enough." - Mark Zuckerberg, cited in The Lean Startup
What's something you've "broken" lately in pursuit of innovation?
What's something you've "broken" lately in pursuit of innovation?
March 16, 2025 at 5:35 PM
"Move fast and break things. Unless you are breaking stuff, you are not moving fast enough." - Mark Zuckerberg, cited in The Lean Startup
What's something you've "broken" lately in pursuit of innovation?
What's something you've "broken" lately in pursuit of innovation?
"Good design is actually a lot harder to notice than poor design, in part because good designs fit our needs so well that the design is invisible." - Don Norman, The Design of Everyday Things
What's one "invisible" feature in your product that users would miss if it disappeared?
What's one "invisible" feature in your product that users would miss if it disappeared?
March 15, 2025 at 3:37 PM
"Good design is actually a lot harder to notice than poor design, in part because good designs fit our needs so well that the design is invisible." - Don Norman, The Design of Everyday Things
What's one "invisible" feature in your product that users would miss if it disappeared?
What's one "invisible" feature in your product that users would miss if it disappeared?
"Make it simple, but significant." - Don Draper, cited in Built to Last
What's one thing you've simplified lately that had a significant impact?
What's one thing you've simplified lately that had a significant impact?
March 14, 2025 at 12:35 PM
"Make it simple, but significant." - Don Draper, cited in Built to Last
What's one thing you've simplified lately that had a significant impact?
What's one thing you've simplified lately that had a significant impact?
"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit." - Aristotle, cited in The Power of Habit
What daily habit has had the biggest impact on your success?
What daily habit has had the biggest impact on your success?
March 13, 2025 at 3:37 PM
"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit." - Aristotle, cited in The Power of Habit
What daily habit has had the biggest impact on your success?
What daily habit has had the biggest impact on your success?
"Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work." - Steve Jobs, cited in Drive
What makes your current work "great work" in your eyes?
What makes your current work "great work" in your eyes?
March 12, 2025 at 12:35 PM
"Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work." - Steve Jobs, cited in Drive
What makes your current work "great work" in your eyes?
What makes your current work "great work" in your eyes?
"Being busy is a form of laziness - lazy thinking and indiscriminate action." - Tim Ferriss, The 4-Hour Work Week
What busy work are you doing that isn't moving the needle?
What busy work are you doing that isn't moving the needle?
March 11, 2025 at 3:37 PM
"Being busy is a form of laziness - lazy thinking and indiscriminate action." - Tim Ferriss, The 4-Hour Work Week
What busy work are you doing that isn't moving the needle?
What busy work are you doing that isn't moving the needle?
"People don't want to buy a quarter-inch drill. They want a quarter-inch hole." - Theodore Levitt, cited in Built to Last
What's the real "hole" your customers are trying to fill?
What's the real "hole" your customers are trying to fill?
March 10, 2025 at 12:35 PM
"People don't want to buy a quarter-inch drill. They want a quarter-inch hole." - Theodore Levitt, cited in Built to Last
What's the real "hole" your customers are trying to fill?
What's the real "hole" your customers are trying to fill?
"Marketing is no longer about the stuff that you make, but about the stories you tell." - Seth Godin, All Marketers Are Liars
What's the story behind your product that nobody knows?
What's the story behind your product that nobody knows?
March 9, 2025 at 5:35 PM
"Marketing is no longer about the stuff that you make, but about the stories you tell." - Seth Godin, All Marketers Are Liars
What's the story behind your product that nobody knows?
What's the story behind your product that nobody knows?
"Hire character. Train skill." - Peter Schutz, cited in Good to Great
What character trait do you value most in new hires?
What character trait do you value most in new hires?
March 8, 2025 at 4:37 PM
"Hire character. Train skill." - Peter Schutz, cited in Good to Great
What character trait do you value most in new hires?
What character trait do you value most in new hires?
"The best teamwork comes from people who are working independently toward one goal in unison." - James Cash Penney, cited in Team of Teams
How do you balance individual autonomy with team alignment?
How do you balance individual autonomy with team alignment?
March 7, 2025 at 1:35 PM
"The best teamwork comes from people who are working independently toward one goal in unison." - James Cash Penney, cited in Team of Teams
How do you balance individual autonomy with team alignment?
How do you balance individual autonomy with team alignment?
"In a chronically leaking boat, energy devoted to changing vessels is more productive than energy devoted to patching leaks." - Warren Buffett, cited in The Essays of Warren Buffett
What system in your business needs replacing rather than fixing?
What system in your business needs replacing rather than fixing?
March 6, 2025 at 4:37 PM
"In a chronically leaking boat, energy devoted to changing vessels is more productive than energy devoted to patching leaks." - Warren Buffett, cited in The Essays of Warren Buffett
What system in your business needs replacing rather than fixing?
What system in your business needs replacing rather than fixing?
"The biggest risk is not taking any risk." - Mark Zuckerberg, cited in Zero to One
What's the biggest risk you're glad you took?
What's the biggest risk you're glad you took?
March 5, 2025 at 1:35 PM
"The biggest risk is not taking any risk." - Mark Zuckerberg, cited in Zero to One
What's the biggest risk you're glad you took?
What's the biggest risk you're glad you took?
"Competition is for losers." - Peter Thiel, Zero to One
What unique advantage have you built that's hard for others to copy?
What unique advantage have you built that's hard for others to copy?
March 4, 2025 at 4:37 PM
"Competition is for losers." - Peter Thiel, Zero to One
What unique advantage have you built that's hard for others to copy?
What unique advantage have you built that's hard for others to copy?
"Make your customer the hero of your story." - Ann Handley, cited in Building a StoryBrand
How are you helping your customers become heroes in their own journey?
How are you helping your customers become heroes in their own journey?
March 3, 2025 at 1:35 PM
"Make your customer the hero of your story." - Ann Handley, cited in Building a StoryBrand
How are you helping your customers become heroes in their own journey?
How are you helping your customers become heroes in their own journey?
"Innovation needs to be part of your culture. Customers are transforming faster than we are, and if we don't catch up, we're in trouble." - Ian Schafer, cited in The Innovative Leader
What outdated assumption about your customers needs challenging?
What outdated assumption about your customers needs challenging?
March 2, 2025 at 6:35 PM
"Innovation needs to be part of your culture. Customers are transforming faster than we are, and if we don't catch up, we're in trouble." - Ian Schafer, cited in The Innovative Leader
What outdated assumption about your customers needs challenging?
What outdated assumption about your customers needs challenging?
"The best way to predict the future is to create it." - Peter Drucker, The Essential Drucker
What future are you actively trying to create in your industry?
What future are you actively trying to create in your industry?
March 1, 2025 at 4:37 PM
"The best way to predict the future is to create it." - Peter Drucker, The Essential Drucker
What future are you actively trying to create in your industry?
What future are you actively trying to create in your industry?
"Vision without execution is hallucination." - Thomas Edison, cited in Execution: The Discipline of Getting Things Done
What great idea have you actually executed on this month?
What great idea have you actually executed on this month?
February 28, 2025 at 1:35 PM
"Vision without execution is hallucination." - Thomas Edison, cited in Execution: The Discipline of Getting Things Done
What great idea have you actually executed on this month?
What great idea have you actually executed on this month?
"Done is better than perfect." - Sheryl Sandberg, Lean In
What project needs to be shipped rather than polished?
What project needs to be shipped rather than polished?
February 27, 2025 at 4:37 PM
"Done is better than perfect." - Sheryl Sandberg, Lean In
What project needs to be shipped rather than polished?
What project needs to be shipped rather than polished?
"In a growth mindset, challenges are exciting rather than threatening." - Carol Dweck, Mindset
What current challenge are you reframing as an opportunity?
What current challenge are you reframing as an opportunity?
February 26, 2025 at 1:35 PM
"In a growth mindset, challenges are exciting rather than threatening." - Carol Dweck, Mindset
What current challenge are you reframing as an opportunity?
What current challenge are you reframing as an opportunity?
"Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever." - Mahatma Gandhi, cited in The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
What new skill are you developing that might pay off years from now?
What new skill are you developing that might pay off years from now?
February 25, 2025 at 4:37 PM
"Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever." - Mahatma Gandhi, cited in The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
What new skill are you developing that might pay off years from now?
What new skill are you developing that might pay off years from now?
"Knowledge isn't power until it is applied." - Dale Carnegie, How to Win Friends and Influence People
What recent lesson have you actually put into practice?
What recent lesson have you actually put into practice?
February 24, 2025 at 1:35 PM
"Knowledge isn't power until it is applied." - Dale Carnegie, How to Win Friends and Influence People
What recent lesson have you actually put into practice?
What recent lesson have you actually put into practice?
"Ideas are commodity. Execution of them is not." - Michael Dell, cited in Zero to One
What great idea have you seen fail due to poor execution?
What great idea have you seen fail due to poor execution?
February 23, 2025 at 6:35 PM
"Ideas are commodity. Execution of them is not." - Michael Dell, cited in Zero to One
What great idea have you seen fail due to poor execution?
What great idea have you seen fail due to poor execution?