A book list to think better about Career/Job changes
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Make better decisions about career change using these books and resources
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50+ books that will help you uplevel
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50+ books which will help you uplevel in the way you create, decide, innovate, think and more.
Read More"What did you learn this year?" what CTQers have learned so far in 2019
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Insights on dealing with distractions, teachability v learnability, being there for people, and Swedish Death Cleaning, among others.
Read MoreSubscribe to the CTQ Reading Compound to nurture a system of wisdom
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Nurture a system of wisdom by reading daily for 15 mins. Join the CTQ Reading Compound.
Read MoreDecember: It's the time to disc-, no wait, distill...
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One way to think of a year is to split it into an "explore" phase and an "exploit" phase. You spend part of the year casting the net wide for insights, and then you spend another part of it trying to optimize an outcome based on these insights.
Read MoreIt all adds up!
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One of the biggest lessons we learned in 2018 was to appreciate the small wins.
Read MoreSlow mind food
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The slow food movement stands for everything that is the opposite of 'fast food' - slower pace, consumption of local items, preserving local customs and traditions together, and eating healthier foods that have a history of suiting people from your region… So what could a Slow Brainfood Movement look like?
Read MoreWhy Zebras Don't Get Ulcers... and more!
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Five tidbits from our reading in 2018 - anecdotes, unusual insights, and a few #TILs.
Read MoreKilling CTQ
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We routinely try to use pre-mortems in our internal decision-making. Sometime ago, we asked the ultimate question: "Choose To Thinq is dead. What happened?".
Read More300: "This is Compound!"
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Here are 6 interesting takeaways from our reading compound's 300 days!
Read MoreLearn to learn from self-learners
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A Renaissance Man, a Nobel Winner, an Olympian, a Classical Singer, and two Brothers walk into a...
On the difference between 'discovery' and 'delivery' skills
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Over time, the organisation becomes biased towards recruiting and rewarding delivery-oriented people, and reducing space for the discovery-oriented folks…But then some day the leader feels the need to 'innovate'. Here are three recommendations that can help an organisation bring a newer age of innovation culture.
Fueled by Randomness
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Ruling out randomness has its price. A look back at the evolution of organisms and ideas shows us the value of a little deviation from the algorithm. Some, not all, 'mistakes' result in great discoveries and more successful entities. The odds of success are very low, but without randomness, the chances that the status quo will eventually doom us are a hundred percent. So find out how to be fueled by randomness!
Read MoreThe story of your journey
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Stories are powerful: they help us reflect, spread ideas, and they are capsules of wisdom. And not just the stories in films and books, but those that happen to you and within your families and teams. A mental model like 'The Hero's Journey' helps us make sense of our own journeys, especially when one is a participant.
Read MoreWho does your dopamine work for?
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While once we evolved to reward our brains when we found unexpected bounties of fruit or found a promising mate, today, that mechanism keeps us chasing little rewards in pointless games, succumbing to discounts on unhealthy food, in enjoying rumours and conspiracies, and in the self-praise of the social media treadmill. Here are five things you can do to wrest a little bit of control away from the dopamine dopes!
Read MoreThe importance of the 4th quadrant
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We all have our list of things that fall in Q4 (of the Eisenhower Matrix): things you know you should be doing or want to get to some day, but there's no reason to do it now… However, by scheduling Q4 tasks for the future, you actually 'postpone' to tomorrow, and tomorrow has an annoying habit of not showing up. Here are 3 ways to take charge of your Q4!
Read MoreWe hope you don't say these 7 things!
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Almost every client we work with is quite smart, professional, and effective. But in some cases, their underlings can fail to live up to their high standards. In the last couple of months, after enduring a series of classic ineffective tactics like saying 'yes!' to everything a boss says (and later asking 'what did he mean by that?'), we thought we'd do this in public interest. And tell you why it matters to your future relevance.
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Play the Fool
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No one knows exactly how April Fool's Day originated, but it's a great day to look at things sideways, upside-down, and re-imagine the status quo. Not just outwards, but inwards.
Read MorePersistence is a big factor in success
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Upleveling with the future in mind definitely needs grit. You are already running on a treadmill, but have to find a way to learn, practice, and reflect if you have to find your next level… "Wise" is the place to be!
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