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Social Leverage Letter | Issue #24

Social Leverage Letter | Issue #24

NFPs, Hot Desking, Innovation, and Debunking Some Performance Myths

Pete Weishaupt
February 13, 2022

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UPFRONT

We have updated our career/job board site. Users can now select "Explore Companies" to find openings at our portfolio companies by name:

Social Leverage Job Board

Search job openings across the Social Leverage network.

https://jobs.socialleverage.com/companies

READING

Fred Wilson

"You can find NFPs in any part of the company. They are not limited to technical functions. You can have an NFP in customer service, finance, legal, marketing, really anywhere. The key is to identify them and recognize them, reward them, compensate them, and retain them."

NFPs - AVC

Early in my career, I was taught that any team member was replaceable and that as long as you had sufficient time to find a suitable replacement, you would be fine. I have operated on that basis since then, imparted that wisdom to the founders and teams that I work with, and have always advocated […]

https://avc.com/2022/02/nfps/

Raconteur

Humans have a deep-rooted need for belonging which needs to be present in our places of work. This can involve anything from having your name on the door, photos on the wall or plants on your desk – but these are things that hot-desking generally doesn’t allow for.

Hot property: why the return of hot-desking is causing an upset - Raconteur

Prior to the pandemic, hot-desking was a pet peeve of many but the introduction of hybrid working has seen the desk-sharing policy return

https://www.raconteur.net/workplace/hot-desking-return-hybrid-working/

Our blog

Sometimes it's possible to change the way we look at a product or service in order to improve it.

Psychological Innovation: Managing Customer Expectations — Social Leverage

I’m continuing to learn quite a bit lately about what you might call psychological innovation . Basically, it involves changing the way we look at a product or service in order to improve it without having to spend a ton of money. Sounds a bit crazy, right? Well if you’re bootstrapping your company

https://www.socialleverage.com/blog/2022/2/7/psychological-innovation-managing-customer-expectations

LISTENING

Discover the origin of Neuro Athletics, how to properly set goals, the impact of sleep on your cognitive abilities, and debunk a few performance myths with Neuroscientist and Neurophysiologist Louisa Nicola.

Louisa Nicola — Neuroscience for Your Physical & Financial Health (EP.88)

Listen to this episode from Infinite Loops on Spotify. Louisa is a Neuroscientist & Neurophysiologist, and a performance advisor to pro athletes, teams & portfolio managers. Our discussion with Louisa includes: The origin of Neuro Athletics Goal setting done right How light and melatonin affects sleep Impact of sleep on your cognitive abilities Ice baths, sauna, performance myths And MUCH more! Know more about Louisa’s firm “Neuro Athletics” at www.neuroathletics.com.au and read her newsletter at https://neuroathletics.substack.com

https://open.spotify.com/episode/3DenWk4Q5MgKbJ9I1hHJUv?si=ikDU2k7-RXyzN2fAyGdk5g

WATCHING

Naval Ravikant posits two things he'd do differently; less anger/emotion and adopt more of a long-term perspective. The funny thing about life is you can't change the past, but you can start where you are now and change the ending.

JOB BOARD

Social Leverage Job Board

Search job openings across the Social Leverage network.

https://jobs.socialleverage.com/companies

Senior Product Designer

Seattle or Remote

https://boards.greenhouse.io/logixboard/jobs/4333082004#content

Sr. Retail Systems Engineer

Remote - North America

https://boards.greenhouse.io/narvar/jobs/3897263#content

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