Aaron Shimer

I'm Head of Experience at insurtech startup @HiRoadInsurance where I’m helping reinvent insurance to celebrate people’s mindful choices.

[Yuval Noah Harari @harari_yuval]

We call on all #AI labs to immediately pause for at least 6 months the training of AI systems more powerful than GPT-4.
Add your signature on the link: they already did... @tristanharris @aza @elonmusk @stevewoz @AndrewYang @EMostaque @NPCollapse
>> https://t.co/OZoguCNg0d

[Digital Insurance @_diginsurance]

HiRoad, State Farm UBI spinout, begins expansion https://t.co/PpcmErZQRC

[Shreyas Doshi @shreyas]

The trouble with most companies is that they give their employees a big dopamine hit for exhibiting their Analytical Intelligence in meetings but a cortisol rush for exhibiting their Creative Intelligence.

[Simon Sinek @simonsinek]

The goal is not to be perfect by the end. The goal is to be better today.

[Shreyas Doshi @shreyas]

A thread of 15 principles for product work (most of which I learned the hard way)
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[Aaron Shimer @aaronshimer]

“If you torture the data enough, nature will always confess.” “Data doesn’t speak for itself — it echoes its collectors.”
https://t.co/Dmz9GdFLiQ

[BJ Fogg @bjfogg]

A company asked for my 2020 prediction. Here it is (please don't be offended):

A movement to be “post-digital” will emerge in 2020.

We will start to realize that being chained to your mobile phone is a low-status behavior, similar to smoking.

[Aaron Shimer @aaronshimer]

Excited to apply for the upcoming Reforge 2019 Fall Growth Series and share the learnings with my team. Have you taken a Reforge program before? Would love to hear honest reviews. #reforge2019fall

[HiRoad Insurance @HiRoadInsurance]

Happy Pride month! We'll be celebrating all month long - especially on June 15 with @Pride_RI. Hope to see you there, HiRoaders. #HappyPride #LiveYourTruth

[UX Collective @uxdesigncc]

The world needs a tech diet; here's how designers can help
https://t.co/xp0qAmq91E

[Aaron Shimer @aaronshimer]

"Deal with the reality. Welcome it. Plan for it. Say it at conferences. Accept the shitness of what you do. It will make you a better marketer."

[Marketing Week @MarketingWeekEd]

Marketers delude themselves into believing consumers like ads, but by accepting they don't they'll better understand how to make an effective one - read @markritson's latest column 👇
https://t.co/UC9EconB4M

[Aaron Shimer @aaronshimer]

Do you remember when you joined Twitter? I do! #MyTwitterAnniversary

[Aaron Shimer @aaronshimer]

This Animated Chart Of How The Top 15 Brands Have Changed Since 2000 Is Wild https://t.co/GJGeMwN7bX via @Digg

[Aaron Shimer @aaronshimer]

Transformation starts with building trust, because you can't "implement" change, you can only inspire and empower it. https://t.co/i6293PVgN8

[David Cummings @davidcummings]

3 critical entrepreneur lessons that aren't commonsense, yet:

- Customer feedback must inform the product from day 0

- Must-have products win, nice-to-have products die

- 10 passionate customers are 10x more valuable than 100 indifferent customers

[Willard School @WillardOwls]

Thanks and congrats to all of our participants. 🔭 Great job by all! 👍🏾

[Aaron Shimer @aaronshimer]

“The best organizations set a pace their people can maintain indefinitely. Because they realize that long-term success is brought about, not necessarily by those who are the fastest or who work the longest days, but by those who are steady and reliable.” https://t.co/ZopQD8S5Mq

[Simon Manchipp @manchipp]

#Slack brands should never launch a logo. It never goes well. Particularly if it fails the two big questions every designer should ask before a logo leaves the room. 1) Could it look like a penis? 2) Could it look like a swastica? If the answer is ‘a little’ — it goes in the bin.

[Aaron Shimer @aaronshimer]

"You can tell a studio and factory apart in about three minutes. Where do you work?" The reality is that sometimes work is a factory and sometimes it's a studio. Depending on the project and where you work, it can be one or the other. https://t.co/GSjPPbAvZD

[Aaron Shimer @aaronshimer]

“the health risks of more work and less sleep are undeniable, and it's significantly more difficult to change the world if you're sick, or dead.” https://t.co/kuRxToqehg via @businessinsider