[Weekly Retro] Focus and strategy

#40 - Mar.2024

Happy Friday and International Women's Day!

💡 Here is a quick idea before you head off for the weekend:

Focus is what sustains any strategy.

I’ve failed many times to realize this. It’s easy to assume that a strong strategy is only based on bold problems & opportunities.

But strategy without focus is good intentions without direction.

When everything becomes a priority, then nothing really is.

Start from a vision. Derive your path through a strong strategy. Prioritize & focus on the concrete actions to optimize your tactics.

✉️ Post from this week

How do you design a product to serve 20+ countries? Through my experience, I’ve noticed some common trends that - when you have the discipline to adopt them - will increase your chances of success:

Global product design

#98 - Knowledge bites on tech innovation, design, and creativity. Global product design - How do you design a product to serve 20+ countries?

César's blogCésar Rodríguez

👨🏻‍💻 Interesting links I found during this week

The 2024 Future of Product Report

Learn how Product can help you drive growth and efficiency in an uncertain economy with insights from thousands of Product Leaders

Apple is in its Ballmer era

During Ballmer’s reign as CEO of Microsoft, the company always made plenty of money. While the stock traded sideways, Ballmer made sure it was still raining dividends. Yet, today, that era of Microsoft is not looked upon too fondly. It’s seen as being anchored in the company’s historic paranoia, Windows-centric world view, and as missi…

Horizon 2045 | N Square

The Horizon 2045 Foresight Radar is an interactive tool for exploring pivotal issues and drivers of change shaping human and planetary security. It features a unique collection of over 500 signals of change and three divergent scenarios of the world in 2045.

Envisioning

🖋️ Quote of the week:

"Everything that your audience, customers, and network see starts with writing." - Dan Koe on skills if you want to thrive in the next 10 years