David Blyth

David works with senior executives to inform and facilitate strategic discussions

[David Blyth @DavidBlyth_2ndH]

A perspective

[Henry Mintzberg @Mintzberg141]

What makes an organization effective? After Peter Drucker, Michael Porter and Tom Peters became the most prominent writers about the performance of organizations, but with quite different perspectives.
#strategy
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[NYTimes Tech @nytimestech]

Andy Jassy “is cleaning up a mess that somebody else created,” said Sucharita Kodali, an analyst at Forrester Research. “And he is doing it while trying to keep the ship afloat.” https://t.co/DIVBzGDLJY

[Michael Pettis @michaelxpettis]

1/10
Excellent Martin Wolf piece on China which, as always, does a great job of presenting a systemic view of the problem.

Debt is too high and growing too rapidly, he notes, but the risk for China, is not that it might suffer a financial crisis.

https://t.co/F4ZY2ZbriE

[Niall Ferguson @nfergus]

This is correct. And it is why the Cold War II framing works better than the alternatives.

[Melanie Bracewell @meladoodle]

Sometimes you have a wardrobe malfunction and it's not a big deal, other times it's in front of the Prime Minister of Australia.

[David Blyth @DavidBlyth_2ndH]

This is a super post from one of the masters in communicating!

[Ros Atkins @BBCRosAtkins]

THREAD...on the 10 attributes that I am looking for in an explanation. And the 10 questions that help me try to deliver them each time that I’m communicating.

[David Blyth @DavidBlyth_2ndH]

@BBCRosAtkins Read a book by Torr Norretranders 15 odd yrs ago. He made the case that value is not in the information but in the exformation ... it is the work you do to exclude information that you create value!

[David Blyth @DavidBlyth_2ndH]

Will have to download his speech after watching this ...

[Farrukh @implausibleblog]

Mark Carney, "When Brexiters tried to create Singapore-on-the-Thames, the Truss government instead delivered Argentina-on-the-Channel."

Calm, measured, enlightening. This speech by @MarkJCarney at the Global Progress Action Summit is a must watch #GlobalProgressAction23 👏

[David Blyth @DavidBlyth_2ndH]

Yes!

[Dee Madigan @deemadigan]

Now the campaign is beginning in earnest I have some thoughts!

The new Voice ad makes it possible for Yes to catch up https://t.co/qNjgu4lZ9X

[David Blyth @DavidBlyth_2ndH]

Great presentation. Even if you think you already know everything you need to ... think again!

[The Investing for Beginners Podcast @IFB_podcast]

The Dean of Valuation, Professor Aswath Damodaran.

Must see lecture on the "dark side" of valuation.......

[David Blyth @DavidBlyth_2ndH]

A key question the answer to which will be a major force in global economic growth

[Michael Pettis @michaelxpettis]

1/7
Good article comparing China today with Japan in the late 1980s, but I think this understates the problem: "President Xi Jinping is ideologically opposed to increasing government support for households and consumers, which he derides as “welfarism.”"

https://t.co/wGWpgsqwlu

[David Blyth @DavidBlyth_2ndH]

Interesting approach

[Brandon Beylo @marketplunger1]

One of the best ways to learn about the Copper Industry is by studying the Top 10 Global Producers.

I read each of the Top 10 #Copper Producer Q2 2023 reports so you don't have to.

Here's a thread on the most important data and themes from the world's largest players ... 🧵

[Alan Kohler @AlanKohler]

My column about Qantas for @TheNewDailyAu today. It's a lesson in the importance of stakeholders, as opposed to just shareholders. Also, how I learnt first-hand why its brand has been trashed, stranded in Dubai.
https://t.co/pfeJIvqmXg

[David Blyth @DavidBlyth_2ndH]

Great interview ... simple truths

[Daniel Mahncke @MnkeDaniel]

One of my favorite investing videos out there!

Seth Klarman rarely does interviews, fortunately, he did this one.

It's only ten minutes. Watch it before you go to bed tonight. It's worth it:

[Peter FitzSimons @Peter_Fitz]

Absolutely brilliant. Please RT

[David Blyth @DavidBlyth_2ndH]

Great review. Even before the review the book was a hard no from me. This just confirms my expectations ...

[Trae Crowder @traecrowder]

ON LAUREN BOEBERT’S UNDYING DEDICATION TO TRASHNESS

[David Blyth @DavidBlyth_2ndH]

Some great ideas for writers

[David Perell @david_perell]

Kevin Kelly is one of the most influential tech writers of the last half-century.

He's published 14 books, founded Wired magazine, and maybe even traveled to more places in Asia than anybody in human history.

Here are 28 of his best maxims for writing:

1. Don't aim to be the best. Be the only.

2. Don’t create things to make money; make money so you can create things.

3. The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing.

4. Always demand a deadline. Doing so weeds out the superfluous and prevents you from insisting on perfection (which will limit you as a writer).

5. To write about something hard to explain, write a detailed letter to a friend about why it is so hard to explain, and then remove the initial “Dear Friend” part and you’ll have a great first draft.

6. The work on any worthy piece of writing is endless and infinite. Since you cannot limit the work, you must limit your hours.

7. Books are never finished, only abandoned.

8. When you are stuck, sleep on it. Give your subconscious an assignment while you sleep. You’ll have an answer in the morning or by the next time you sit down to write.

9. A multitude of bad ideas is necessary for one good idea.

10. The greatest teacher is called “doing.”

11. Efficiency is highly overrated; goofing off is highly underrated.

12. If you have a good idea, write it down. Don't assume you'll remember it.

13. Writing is not selfish; it's for the rest of us. If you don't do your thing and share your writing, you are cheating us.

14. Most articles and stories are improved significantly if you delete the first page of the manuscript. Start with the action.

15. The best way to learn anything is to teach what you know (and you can do it at scale by writing).

16. Productivity is often a distraction. Don't aim for better ways to get through your tasks as quickly as possible. Instead, look for writing projects that you never want to stop doing.

17. Occasionally your first idea is best, but usually it’s the fifth idea. You need to get all the obvious ideas out of the way. Try to surprise yourself.

18. Pay attention to what you pay attention to.

19. To be interesting just tell your own story with uncommon honesty.

20. Ironically, the best time to write a book is once you're done with the speaking tour for the book.

21. Read the books that your favorite authors once read.

22. When you find something you really enjoy, do it slowly.

23. The main reason to write something every day is that you must throw away a lot of good work to reach the great stuff. To let it all go easily you need to be convinced that there is “more where that came from.” You get that in steady production, which comes from a steady writing habit.

24. Habits are far more dependable than inspiration. Make progress by making habits. Don't focus on becoming a better writer. Focus on becoming the kind of person who never misses a writing session.

25. The quality of a piece of writing hinges on its structure. Nail the structure and the ideas will fall into place. You'll know the structure is good when the reader doesn't even notice it.

26. To write something good, just do it. To write something great, just redo it, redo it, redo it. The secret to publishing great writing is to spend a lot of time rewriting.

27. When in doubt, retreat to honesty. Say more of what you really think and feel instead of trying to sound smart.

28. Principles like what you see here are not laws. They're like a hat. If one doesn't fit, try another.

Many of these maxims are directly from @kevin2kelly's book: Excellent Advice for Living, while others are from the interview I just published with him about his approach to writing.

I've linked to our full conversation in the tweet below.

[Jay Rosen @jayrosen_nyu]

Christiane Amanpour knows the score. And it's not 50-50. At a celebration of her 40 years in the business, @oliverdarcy asked her what assignment has left the biggest imprint. Read her reply.