Muscat Roundup: #004

Hi, Welcome to update #004

This Muscat Roundup brings you a hand-picked selection of digital business stories, how-tos, and lessons learned. Was this email forwarded to you? Sign up for the Muscat Notes here.

My work

• How to boost stakeholder engagement with WaVE, a language built on WORK VALUE. Read.
• What does impact actually mean to you? — Ask me anything. Read.
• How to expertly map work requests to actual BUSINESS VALUE and impact. Read.
• How to be a badass at engaging stakeholders, exploring ideas and CUSTOMER VALUE. Read.

News

• Facebook postpones end-to-end (E2E) encryption to 2023. E2E is already available within WhatsApp, and is being rolled out across the rest of its products namely Instagram, Facebook Messenger. Read.
• The painful aftermath of the ‘Buy the Constitution’ DAO by Vice. Read.

Outside Interests

• How Square Reached $100 Billion Marketcap — A Case Study for Entrepreneurs. Watch.
• A deeper look into how YouTube’s recommendation system works. Read.

Insights

• “Stealth” wearables are going to disrupt the industry | by Brinnae Bent, PhD. Read.
• I Endured 5 Brilliantly Effective Tactics From a Billionaire Scam Artist So You Don’t Have to — And the 4 fatal errors that killed the $20,000 deal on the spot. Read.

Conversations that matter

• We Need to Talk: How To Have Conversations That Matter | Celeste Headlee | Talks at Google. Watch.

• Create Conversations that matter — Chad Littlefield. Watch.

Words of Wisdom

“Letting the user disconnect from screens while still collecting data in the background will help reduce anxiety associated with wearables”

Get in Touch

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