for at least the next couple months every organisation in the world is a startup

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Extreme pressure to innovate just to stay in the same place, meanwhile the environment changing faster than you can imagine.

Top priority should be speed of learning.

Reduce friction between ideation and implementation but don't forget to add the reflection loop.

If you're moving too fast to read the future at least sharpen up your picture of the recent past.

Silicon Valley gives startups a bad name, but you can do a lot better: work on meaningful problems, avoid predatory funding, and wire in extraordinary measures for people care (preferably p2p) b/c this disruption/urgency combo is a recipe for burnout en masse.

Sometimes learning looks like not executing for multiple weeks, just to integrate new data.

"Don't panic" only appropriate after you've made a cold hearted assessment of the facts. Premature 'don't panic' is complacency and head in the sand-ing.

While the chaos rolls through one of the best anchors to tug on is rhythm + relationship = belonging.

For most people that looks like multiple recurring weekly calls in pairs and small groups for mutual sensemaking/care/learning/reflection/growth

p.s. most startups fail