The Index Card Summary of “The Five Dysfunctions of a Team”
The Five Dysfunctions of a Team is Patrick Lencioni’s New York Times Best Seller for a reason: any team member can see themselves in this list of foibles. Each of the five dysfunctions require leadership interventions to solve. Below is a brief summary of what that entails. The Index Card Summary 1. Building trust What.…
Harvard trained beggar takeaways
The “Harvard trained beggar” snapshot has made the social media rounds, and I had so many reactions. My first thought was: brilliant execution of a social experiment. He earned his pocket change that day. Then my second order thinking kicked in with three more layers: 1. That totally worked! Why? This clever beggar is heightening…
What it really means to be responsible for your own career
Guest post by James Wallace of extroverteddeveloper.com You are responsible for your own career. We’ve probably all heard that phrase before. You may have even seen some advice about what it means. I’ve found that most of that advice revolves around networking and visibility or self-advocacy. Instead, today I’m going to write about what this…
Top five small apartment survival tools
It’s no small feat to live your best life in a big city and a small apartment. Below are a few tools for your urban jungle survival kit, indoor edition. 1. Swap your TV for AR glasses I was so glad my husband did not subject me to She Hulk this fall. Instead, he lay…
Definitely walk before you crawl
I think it’s totally fine that my 8 month-old wants to walk, even though he can barely crawl. As a Millennial, I too expect a promotion every six months.
Has the metaverse missed its moment? Three recent misses explored
If you were looking at “metaverse” mentions alone in 2022 earnings calls, you might be fooled into thinking massive adoption is underway, a-la Facebook in 2007. Mentions of “metaverse” in earnings calls (Q1 2016-Q1 2022) And in the last three years, three concurrent forces emerged that could have catapulted the metaverse into the next ubiquitous…
The nudge report: A new marketing exploit being tested in retail
On a stroll through Soho, I noticed an unusual sale sign. It wasn’t your typical “40% off!” or “End of year sale!” promising deep discounts on already marked-up products. It was actually the opposite. Yes, it was price anchoring high, but in the most direct way possible: $75 and under. Not $75 and over. The…
May the ranked choice be with you, New York!
This June, New York will be the largest city in the U.S. to roll out a new* voting system that is regaining popularity: ranked choice voting. But what’s the big deal, you might ask. How is this better than our old system? We here at MBA in the City will explain it the best way…
(Don’t?) try this at home: DIY biotherapeutics are on the rise
Last May, a YouTube video with a fascinating lede caught my eye: a biology student claimed to have cured himself of lactose intolerance through DIY gene therapy. He’d literally grown a cure, popped it in some capsules, and swallowed. Just a few months later, Stanford scientists posted the mRNA COVID-19 vaccine sequence on Github. And…
Modern community: three levels being re-shaped by social distancing
Well before COVID-19 struck, the U.S. faced a loneliness epidemic: 61% of Americans reported feeling lonely prior to the pandemic. Compare this with a November 2020 study, where 80% of participants reported significant depressive symptoms. People have felt isolated because, well, they have been. Self-isolation and social distancing are our best prevention methods for mitigating…
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