My Reading Highlights 10/21 - 10/27

This week was full of new technology releases, Apple and Microsoft, and numerous financial quarterly reports.  These reports flooded the net but there were some other things to note in my web reading.  Here they are:

Jeff Bezos:  People Who Are Right Are People That Change Their Mind A Lot

I saw this from Business Insider and really like the perspective that Bezos has about thought leaders.  It is an interesting view about how changing your mind a lot shows you are iterating on the problem at hand and producing a better outcome.

6 Keys To Delivering A Powerful Elevator Pitch

This was a good run down on delivering a short pitch that is more effective.  The key here is to really know what you are all about, what you offer and why you want it.  This is something we discuss and refine at work all the time.  It is a good exercise to revisit regularly.  

Lessons for Data Driven Businesses

This is a great read and highlights an opportunity for start-ups and established businesses.  This is an area that I have been working for almost a decade.  The combination of analytics and large data mining is a game changer for intelligence driven operations (Military usage) or decision management systems design (for corporations and government).

Yammer’s Cindy Alvarez: Five Types of People I Should Have Fired Sooner

Anyone that has started a new business has been in this situation.  You need to plan for putting your start-up in the next gear for either growth or to pivot in a new direction.  Alex Williams lays out comments from Cindy Alvarez on the workplace behaviors of people that need to be addressed when considering shifting to the next gear.  Sometime is is better to release them and more forward with better talent - that said it is a hard call to make.