14. “If I have seen further it
is by standing upon the
shoulders of giants.”
– Isaac Newton
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15. Who is your mentor?
Who calls you their mentor?
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16. “Knowing where one belongs
can transform an ordinary person
– hardworking and competent
but otherwise mediocre –
into an outstanding performer.”
– Peter F. Drucker
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33. We design systems
that enable more
successful behaviors,
but we don’t make them.
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34. “Like so many brilliant people,
[we] believe that
ideas move mountains.
But bulldozers move mountains
– ideas show where the
bulldozers should go.”
– Hugh MacLeod
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35. It’s time to focus our energy
outside of the UX tribe,
to become recognized leaders
to makers & management
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36. How do we gain
influence?
Over our companies,
colleagues and clients
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37. “ﬔe price of greatness is
responsibility.”
– Winston Churchill
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49. Live in pursuit of the OSM
(Oh Shit Moment)
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50. Fail magnificently
(Love demands that you do)
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51. “Not doing it –
when you know full well
you had the opportunity –
that hurts far more than
any failure.”
– Hugh MacLeod
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68. Some say they have
20 years’ experience,
when all they really have is
one year’s experience,
repeated 20 times.
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69. Can your company
succeed without you?
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70. Can your company
succeed without you?
(No? Are you proud of that?)
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71. What is our legacy?
(Is it outside this room?)
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72. Let’s not be a footnote in
a technology textbook
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73. Our legacy rests on all of
our shoulders
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74.
75. ﬔank you.
Whitney Hess
whitney@whitneyhess.com
http://whitneyhess.com
@whitneyhess
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ﬔe Radical Leap by Steve Farber
ﬔe Radical Edge by Steve Farber
ﬔe Power of a Positive No by William Ury
Ignore Everybody by Hugh MacLeod
Managing Oneself by Peter F. Drucker