Improve Something Today

Brian Kerr
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Practicing continuous improvement in a world that's just one damn thing after another.

  1. FEB 18

    0038: 5 ways to approach goal-setting

    A reading and discussion of this, from 2022: 5 ways to approach goal-setting. Only one is worth a damn

    11 min

  2. FEB 11

    0037: The wooden chair

    Readings of two passages on the subject of wooden chairs, as seen in the Wooden chair as exemplar of emptiness section of the Quote barn.

    6 min

  3. FEB 4

    0036: Anecdote of Carlina

    A reading of two short passages, one from The Art of Public Speaking, by John Rippingham (1814), and the other from Ralph Waldo Emerson’s ‘The Comic’ (1875). By way of Wikipedia on the ‘sad clown paradox’ as shared on Mastodon by John Overholt.

    4 min

  4. JAN 28

    0035: Premortem

    A reading and discussion of this piece from 2023 on how to run a project premortem. See also: Gary Klein’s 2007 HBR article introducing the method.

    9 min

  5. JAN 21

    0034: On speeding things up

    A reading of https://improvesomething.today/on-speeding-things-up/ followed by a brief discussion. And oops—the post is from 3 years ago, not 2 as I mentioned in the episode. Time flies like, one supposes, sand through an hourglass. Take good care. It’s time to pull as hard as you can towards love; it’s not playtime. (As the anonymous internet pal says.)

    8 min

  6. JAN 15

    0033: Vanishing fish, boiling frogs & the dry bed of the sea

    Making sense of ‘shifting baseline syndrome’ in the world & in the workplace. A reading of https://improvesomething.today/vanishing-fish-boiling-frogs-the-dry-bed-of-the-sea/ A link to the 1995 ‘shifting baselines’ piece from Pauly.

    10 min

  7. JAN 8

    0032: We have to remember this

    Impromptu reading of https://improvesomething.today/notes-january-2026/ offered with some closing commentary.

    7 min

  8. 05/03/2021

    0031: Change management, with Devon Persing

    Change management, readiness and adoption, otherwise pulling nerds across the chasm. Whatever you call it, it's important work that my guest and I are accidentally getting better at. A conversation with Devon Persing. Discussed: remote work, organizational and individual change, Muppets. • Episode transcripts • Support the show by giving to the planet's most effective nonprofits

    24 min
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Practicing continuous improvement in a world that's just one damn thing after another.

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  • Creator
    Brian Kerr
  • Years Active
    2018 - 2026
  • Episodes
    38
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Brian Kerr
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