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How to Create a Strong Mission Statement
Inspired by an article on collative.com
What's the purpose of your business or brand?
This question should be answered by your mission statements.
Mission Statements act as a guiding star to aim all your business and brand day-to-day activities towards.
It can also act as a powerful differentiator between you and your competition.
No business or brand should underestimate the power a strong mission statement can have in your business.
Ensure your business has a strong mission statement that contains two important aspects:
1. Why do you exist?
2. What makes you different?
I hope that these notes and prompting question help you get there!
9 Inspirational Lessons from Steve Jobs
Inspired by an on an infographic from Pinterest
What lessons can we learn from Steve Jobs about business, innovation and design?
No matter what opinion you have about Steve Jobs and Apple, you can’t deny that Steve Jobs was a visionary in business and design.
In these notes, I explore what lessons we can take from his work and processes, there’s a few nuggets of gold that I know will be useful.
Disciplines of a Learning Organisation
By Peter Senege
I’ve heard many good things about Peter’s book The Fifth Discipline — The Art and Practice of Learning Organisation, but I still haven’t got around to reading it, my reading list is growing faster than I can get through them.
Until I do, here are quick summaries of the five disciplines of a learning organisation.
I love learning new things, it is one of the main reasons I started making these notes.
Applying the thirst for learning in everyday work really appeals to me.
I look forward to weaving these disciplines into my daily work.
Key takeaway:
Shared vision
Businesses and organisations are complex — it can take years for a learning culture to develop.
Although it is number three on the list, I believe ‘shared vision’ is the most important discipline.
If you don’t know where you are going, you can’t figure out the best possible route to get there.