Check out [[Daily Reading]] for context. ## Today's Picks of the Internet Today, we have got links to **Sam Altman's advice for the future** and a thoughtpiece on **how organisations can cultivate a culture of agility**. #### [What I Wish Someone Had Told Me - Sam Altman](https://blog.samaltman.com/what-i-wish-someone-had-told-me) This is a 17-point writeup from Sam Altman of OpenAI fame. The points are about general life advice. From the narrative, it does look like Altman is making an attempt to motivate and talk to young professionals. My favourite piece of advice from this > *It is easier for a team to do a hard thing that really matters than to do an easy thing that doesn’t really matter; audacious ideas motivate people.* I also happen to not entirely agree with point 8. > *Outcomes are what count; don’t let good process excuse bad results.* My partial disagreement stems from the fact that I believe that irrespective of how good one's ability is, the outcome can't never really be judged with 100% accuracy. It is the process that can be controlled. However, I agree that if your results are crappy, one most not hide behind a good process. It does become important you take up responsibility and tweak your process for the next iteration. #### [How to create a "culture of agility"](https://bigthink.com/business/how-to-create-a-culture-of-agility/) To be agile means to be able to move quickly and easily. Often, this is easy when your organisation is small, but starts to get harder as you scale up. In such cases, providing employees with autonomy to take on-the-ground decisions affecting their day-to-day operations is advantageous to the organisation. In this short piece, the author recommends 3 key requirements to be able to make this a reality. 1. Better prioritisation 2. Need-based information dispersal 3. Clear objectives to be used as guiding factors in decision making --- #### Like what you see? Would you like to support me? Easy! Head over to [this link](https://refind.com/?invite=7b7e76f6e0) and subscribe to receive **Refind** newsletters. Every day Refind picks the most relevant links from around the web for you. Loved by 400k curious minds.