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"Constraints are the material."0:28"Develop taste, not just skill."0:35"Sign your work."0:42

The Hidden Challenge of Organisational Transformation

Hema Tallman
Hema Tallman
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12 min
  1. 0:00Why business is a creative act
  2. 1:35The founder as artist
  3. 3:15The canvas: constraints as material
  4. 5:00First strokes: what to build first
  5. 7:10Taste, and how to develop it
  6. 8:40Killing your darlings
  7. 10:00Signing the work
  8. 11:00The ask
  9. 12:15Q&A
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    Dan HubertCEO, AppyWay · 0:34
    "A credit to his industry and a true entrepreneur, with a great deal of standout creativity."
    Jamie BurrowsFounder, Vertical Future
    "He looks for the big idea and moves his own ego out of the way to see it more clearly."
    Nadim SadekFounder & CEO, Shimmr AI
    "Clear, concise and direct; but most importantly enormously passionate about the work."
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