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The origin story – The Daily PPILL #192

The origin story – The Daily PPILL #192

Every superhero or super villain has an origin story. We understand the heroes we grew up with, because we are familiar with them. But if we were to encounter one of them for the first time, there would be a lot of things that would not make sense and that would raise...
Crappy parking – The Daily PPILL #186

Crappy parking – The Daily PPILL #186

There is always a way to add more value. Here is an example. Imagine a good restaurant. Good service, better food, great ambiance. Put with terrible parking. Parking is scarce around the area, and the closest lot is four blocks away. Not good, Right? Well, now hire a...
The Peloton – The Daily PPILL #182

The Peloton – The Daily PPILL #182

As much as I believe in team collaboration at work, my workouts or sports tend to be “lone wolf’ things. More of a “me time”. So for example, while we lived for close to 20 years in Weston, FL, a city that prides itself for having bike lanes...
If you love somebody, set them free – The Daily PPILL #177

If you love somebody, set them free – The Daily PPILL #177

Can you stop hearing Sting’s catchy hook in your head? Anyway. I get as much email as the next person, and I am a “relentless unsubscriber”. When I delete a particular newsletter a couple of times or more, I just hit the Unsubscribe link, and make it...
Values drive performance – The Daily PPILL #172

Values drive performance – The Daily PPILL #172

People of the channel, those involved in the design of compensation plans, and even smart policy makers know that incentives drive behavior. The proper design of incentives can drive behavior at scale, in a statistical manner (meaning that not everybody may follow the...
The game has changed – The Daily PPILL #167

The game has changed – The Daily PPILL #167

May sound like coming from an old curmudgeon, but is true. The things that used to work even less than a decade ago, now don’t. We live in a world where the existing formulas have been upended. It has been happening for a while, but now we cannot deny it...