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Adam DrakeJust a quick summary as I don’t really have detailed notes for this book.
The Anatomy of Courage is a quick read, and is interspersed with anecdotal accounts from Moran’s time as a doctor in the trenches in World War 1. The interesting part about books such as this is the applicability of the ideas contained therein to the workplace. The book says “Courage is will-power, whereof no man has an unlimited stock…” In other words, for this book courage can be considered the will to continue an action in the face of danger or other difficulties.
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read more Adam DrakeLeadership is influence.
Note: when you talk about your vision with people, they see you through the lens of these levels. So the person who sees you in level 1 will not absorb or be motivated by the vision in the same way as someone who sees you in level 4.
Level 1: Rights You get the position and the title. Basically nothing here besides imparted authority. People follow you because it’s their job, or they must for some reason.
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read more Adam DrakeChapter 1 What is a “Learning Organization?”
Does it promote suggestions from lower ranks and from operational areas (i.e. people “on the ground”)?
Are subordinates encouraged to question superiors and policies?
Does the organization regularly question its basic assumptions?
Are executives and other management routinely in close contact with operational people and open to their suggestions?
The three key elements to The Learning Challenge of Sullivan and Harper from the book Hope is Not a Method:
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read more Adam DrakePart 1 Don’t get treed by a Chiuahua. That is, don’t make snap decisions before you have collected and processed a sufficient amount of information to decide. When it’s not possible to decide, develop the situation.
Humor your imagination.
Part 2 The mind goes through 3 phases during learning and planning. Saturate, incubate, illuminate. They occur more or less in order, but your mind continuously cycles through each phase. Incubation-induced sleep loss is common though sleep is needed in order to maintain optimal chances of illumination (page 70).
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read more Adam DrakeIntroduction Compared with many disciplines and areas, Data Science is extremely new and the scope of a Data Science team inside an organization is still a matter of debate. Since Data Science is an amalgamation of many different areas and specialties, including mathematics, computer science, statistics, machine learning, business, economics, and others, there so far hasn’t been many clear frameworks or organizational structures to support a Data Science group. Regardless of the implementation details, a company looking to improve its overall standing from a data perspective will want a specialist group who focuses on how data is collected, stored, analyzed, and productized (CSAP).
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