Better Place has Clear Vision

We need a clear vision now that is big and bold such as Shai Agaissi's reference on JFK to put a man in the moon and bring him back safely in a decade.  See his talk at TED.








I can see a nation has the potential to accomplish this idea when the central government has a clear vision that uses its key resources to accomplish her goal. Having been to South Korea many times, I can see the potential for this country to lead and accomplish this vision because of a strong central government with leading edge industry in automotive, electronic and battery systems.

Clear Idea in 3 minutes

The following visual representation using text and pictures give us a clear and concise idea within 3 minutes:

Make something people want

Each new member of Y Combinator gets a Tshirt called "Make something people want" since this is the only way to make your business relevant.

Lessons Learned

As I contemplate last year's work and think about lessons learned, I can sum them up in the following three items:

USER INTERACTION

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More visits and shadowing

e.g. It's good to have a face to face relationship to gain trust but more importantly to put myself in the user's perspective and position while performing his/her task so I can design a better system.

BACK TO BASICS

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What the project NEED as opposed to WANTS

e.g. putting a bunch of engineers in a room will end up with more features that are nice to have but difficult to implement making the project complex instead of providing a simple and elegant solution that can meet the project's NEED.  But mixing the different stakeholders in one room will balance out the requirement vs feature sets making the project cost effective timewise and moneywise.

PROBLEM SOLVER

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-Connect information seekers with information.

-Not just a technology adviser but I'm here to provide solutions to broken models.

Be Fluid

"Be like water making its way through cracks. Do not be assertive, but adjust to the object, and you shall find a way round or through it. If nothing within you stays rigid, outward things will disclose themselves.

Empty your mind, be formless. Shapeless, like water. If you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup. You put water into a bottle and it becomes the bottle. You put it in a teapot it becomes the teapot. Now, water can flow or it can crash. Be water my friend."  Bruce Lee.