Michael Law

Unabashed enthusiast. I love loving things.

[David Haber @dhaber]

1/ In any fast growing organization – one of the best feelings as a manager or CEO is having someone who works for you that I call “Safe Hands.”

[Michael Law @michaelclaw]

RT @TELUS: Our hearts are with those affected by the wildfires in NWT and BC this week. We’re lending a hand with 50 GB data top-ups so eva…

[Ethan Mollick @emollick]

Having more hierarchy in an organization hurts the ability to generate good ideas, but it helps in selecting the best ideas out of those that were generated.

Selection is better because people in hierarchical organizations are less likely to only champion their own ideas.

[Ethan Mollick @emollick]

Data visualization inspiration thanks to DALL-E: how Rothko, Basquiat, Picasso, and Monet would create an academic chart.

[Ethan Mollick @emollick]

How do you stop an organization from losing its capability to adapt and change? This model-based paper suggests that organizations need to exercise change capability much like bodybuilders build muscles. Spaced-out, intense challenges of varying length build organizational muscle

[Michael Law @michaelclaw]

Check out my latest article: 3 Reasons to Run a Project Post-Mortem https://t.co/NCmDJDcql4 via @LinkedIn

[Michael Law @michaelclaw]

My @TELUSBusiness team is recommitting $1M to empower Canadian business. Own a business that deserves a boost? Apply for your chance to receive $25,000 in prizing. https://t.co/ktTCOrg3cb

[Michael Law @michaelclaw]

End of an era

[Ethan Mollick @emollick]

If remote work is important in your organization, you need to keep doing those informal Zooms. Remote “water cooler” events (casual 15 minute short Zooms between interns & managers) resulted in higher performance & better satisfaction than any controls. https://t.co/ivCA50fTQT

[rob delaney @robdelaney]

Pretty hostile of a job to require a college degree. “You and/or your parents must take out loans of $100,000 or we won’t let your log into SalesForce in our windowless building next to the airport.”

[Ethan Mollick @emollick]

Money makes people happiest when they use it to buy time.

This paper tested groups from Dutch millionaires to representative samples of US adults. It found spending 💰 to outsource tasks people don’t enjoy in order to get free time beat buying things. https://t.co/SWvqkLak8M

[Ethan Mollick @emollick]

Don’t tell people to "trust science:” that makes them fall for pseudoscience

Instead, teach how science works. As people learn that (like how theories are built & tested) they accept valid findings like climate change, evolution & vaccines, regardless of their ideological views!

[Michael Law @michaelclaw]

Not just applicable to hockey games. Great quote.

[Gene Principe @GenePrincipe]

"Every win is a piece of art but you don't hang them all in the living room some go in the basement" a quote from @EdmontonOilers Jay Woodcroft that he says came from @EdmOilKings coach Brad Lauer

[Michael Law @michaelclaw]

Daylight investing > daylight savings

[TELUS News @TELUSNews]

Effective immediately, @TELUS Optik TV will no longer be carrying Russia TV in our channel lineup.

[Sachin Ramje @SachinRamje]

- Fund Raising 101

How to Raise a Seed Round for first time startup founders💰

Hyper-visual🧵

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[21st Century City @urbanthoughts11]

Dress right for hostile architecture
via Sarah Ross

[chump of the week @patioserver]

while everyone’s boycotting cheez-its

[Jacob Glick @jacobglick]

From today's @StatCan_eng daily report:

Consumers pay less for cellular phone plans

Consumers who signed on to a cell phone plan in November paid 17.9% less than those who did so in November 2020.

https://t.co/NDLR71GGTW

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