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355 - Shane Snow: Are You Ideal to Work With? (What Makes a Good Team)

Episode Summary

This is Shane Snow’s third time on the podcast. And we had a lot to cover. Shane is the author of, “Smartcuts: How Hackers, Innovators, and Icons Accelerate Success.” (An incredibly intelligent book.) And he’s also the cofounder of...

Episode Notes

This is Shane Snow’s third time on the podcast. And we had a lot to cover. Shane is the author of, “Smartcuts: How Hackers, Innovators, and Icons Accelerate Success.” (An incredibly intelligent book.) And he’s also the cofounder of “Contently,” a content strategy company that helps businesses grow. Shane’s taught me a lot about solving problems in unconventional ways. And in this episode he teaches me about the 4 elements that make someone “ideal to work with.” See, he’s been studying teams. And just wrote a book about it (coming out in June) called “Dream Teams: Working Together Without Falling Apart.”

Links and Resources

Smartcuts: How Hackers, Innovators, and Icons Accelerate Success by Shane Snow

Dream Teams: Working Together Without Falling Apart by Shane Snow

Contently - the company Shane co-founded

Take The Open Mindedness Test on Shane’s Website

 

Also Mentioned

Ep. 168 - Tony Hawk: Don’t Stand Still

The Peekaboo Paradox by Gene Weingarten

Alias

Malcolm Gladwell

The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin by Benjamin Franklin (how Shane learned to be a better writer) 

JJ Abrams

John F. Kennedy

Rizza of the Wu Tang Clan

Malcolm X

Martin Luther King

Bayard Rustin

12 Rule for Life: An Antidote to Chaos by Jordan Peterson

Lost

The Captain Class: A New Theory of Leadership by Sam Walker

Skin in the Game: Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life by Nassim Taleb

Elijah Muhammad

Hamilton the Musical

Bob Dylan

Elon Musk

SpaceX

  

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