If You Want to Avoid Failure, Map the Path and Refuse It
If you want to avoid failure, analyze the paths that lead to it—and refuse to walk them
What You See Is Not What’s True – It’s What Others Want You to See
There’s a documentary about everyday people starting their own businesses.
One of the subjects runs a crayfish stall…
Drop baggage, control your own info nodes — that’s the DT era
Liu Qiangdong himself once said that if JD Logistics didn't exist, he wouldn't be running a loss—and he'd be enjoying t…
The True Test of a Model: Does It Unleash Productivity and Drive Down Costs?
The validity of a model can be judged by whether it unleashes or constrains productive forces, and whether it achieves the goal of reducing costs and increasing efficiency.
Huawei’s Hiring Mantra: Broke but Ambitious
Jiang Hua, former HR at Huawei, summarized his hiring criteria in eight Chinese characters: “Destitute but ambitious.”T…
Deconstructing Big Tech’s Core Skill: From 0 to 1, Breaking Silos
The corporate lingo at big tech firms: when departments get together to hash things out, they call it "synergizing"; updating your boss on what's happening on your end is "syncing," and you can't confuse that with "aligning," which is reserved for cross-departmental contexts.
The Repetitive Advantage: Stability Is the Foundation of Profitability
From a company's perspective, repeatability means stability—and stability means profit. If WeChat goes down, Alipay can't process payments, or Huawei devices can't make calls, companies face existential threats in minutes. This is why such systems demand individual stability: the ability to perform these repetitive tasks reliably. #ReadingNotes# The same applies to individuals—only stability brings steady cash flow.
The Hidden Cost of Staying in Routine Roles
"Good students like to tackle difficult problems," but in some positions, there simply aren't any hard problems to solve. After working long-term in a cog-like role, you slowly end up only capable of doing level 1.0 work, despite having the ability to do level 2.0. "The ultimate meaning of a company's existence is to realize human potential, but in big tech firms, some people are wasted because there are too many talented individuals." #ReadingNotes#