Steven Jones, II

Connecting People Operations to Business Strategy. Student of Economics, Investing, & Fighting Weeds.

[VV @visualizevalue]

"If you want to make the wrong decision, ask everyone." – @naval

[JoAnn Corley @joanncorley]

#TheHumanQuotient #Leadership

< Reminder >
A lack of trust can shut down the "human resource" of your teams. It reduces the activity of the brain that does this=> strategic thinking, empathy, foresight, intuition, good judgment

[Steven Jones, II @sjonesii]

@KonsultanBTC I think it’s wild also. But, I believe that it could happen anywhere, in any organization.

[Shane Parrish @shaneparrish]

You can't have a long-term horizon if you can't handle short-term volatility.

[Steven Jones, II @sjonesii]

Yes! Hear this businesses: full potential of employees who feel devalued will not be realized - thus the firm’s market potential will not be realized.

[Sarah Noll Wilson @sarahnollwilson]

I have heard from three different people in the last few weeks who have left jobs or are looking for jobs say “I just want to feel valued”

We can and need to do better at work.

[Steven Jones, II @sjonesii]

@RMhigh7088 Pretty much encapsulates the situation. Pretty tense right now.

[Steven Jones, II @sjonesii]

I’m going to learn to like something this year: buying more stock as prices drop.

[Steven Jones, II @sjonesii]

Are employees stretching into areas of risk - big hairy audacious goals wrought with risk of failure? If not, no momentum for you.

[Steven Jones, II @sjonesii]

I’ve seen people excel as rockstars in organizations after having been fired from previous ones. 1 I have in mind did the same level of work in both, but the latter encouraged, collaborated, and guided her strengths with internationality while the former didn’t try.

[Steven Jones, II @sjonesii]

Also, I’ve seen organizations put large amounts of resources around areas the most immediately exposed operations, then fall apart years later because not enough funds were available to fix everything else that broke that contributed to delivering value.

[Steven Jones, II @sjonesii]

I’ve come to agree with the Good Strategy/Bad Strategy paradigm. Good Strategy is not luck. It is also not a euphemism for “big picture thinking”. It has malleability. It understands value throughput. It understands what, for whom, and by whom value is created.

[Steven Jones, II @sjonesii]

To use winter pre-emergent on the grass or just fight the weeds in the Spring?

[Steven Jones, II @sjonesii]

@RMhigh7088 How about “very” used?

[Steven Jones, II @sjonesii]

@RMhigh7088 ‘It’s the season for used vehicles.

[Chris @ChrisDHolt]

Iteration and churn are not the same thing. One is the result of a plan. The other is reactionary due to not having a plan. Iteration good. Churn bad...

[Steven Jones, II @sjonesii]

@RMhigh7088 Knee jerking. When things don’t go far enough, you push the envelope. Where is mutual respect these days?

[Steven Jones, II @sjonesii]

@markpalfreeman @seattle Haha, “the” Seattle. I guess the definite article makes sense.

[Steven Jones, II @sjonesii]

@markpalfreeman @seattle @markpalfreeman nice picture. It makes me nostalgic. Ever since we’ve moved to OK, we’ve missed the Seattle.

[Steven Jones, II @sjonesii]

@RMhigh7088 I completely agree with you. The unstated material is the material - and control is at the bottom. And what is the source for those principles anyway? I’m a student, and still can’t find anything but subjective source material.

[Steven Jones, II @sjonesii]

@aarongrider @Delta Over a week? Yikes!