[Joshua Lavra]

leadershipping. what it means to be a leader that ships

leadershipping.verb

1. a word I made up for this presentation

“...and Josh thought, ‘leadershipping’ would be a good word to use”

2. the act of demonstrating leadership

“just add ‘ping’ to the end of leadership, and voila!”

3. the act of shipping an idea while encouraging others to do the same

“witnessing her leadershipping skills inspired me to start a company”

[Onward State]

what does it mean. to ship?.

shipping is taking an idea from your mind, and sending it into the world.

tenacityvulnerabilityaction

creative confidence

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[WIRED]

Hey Woz, wouldn’t it be great if we could fit 1,000 songs in your pocket?

Yeah, Steve!

[Getty Images]

[Jason Mecier]

REAL ARTISTS SHIP

= bring action to ideas. what does this mean?.

why do leaders need to be shippers?.

awful idea = (1) no execution = $1

weak idea = 1 weak execution = $1,000

so-so idea = 5 so-so execution = $10,000

good idea = 10 good execution = $100,000

great idea = 15 great execution = $1,000,000

brilliant idea = 20 brilliant execution = $10,000,000

it’s not just about $$, it’s about impact

idea quality? how well did you execute?

[IDEO.org]

how do you become a shipper?.

what is something. that you want to ship?.

1 // distill your ideas.

uncertainty. clarity + focus .

2 // prototype and learn.

build.

measure .

learn .

3 // slap a stamp on it.

“if you want to produce things on time and on budget, all you have to do is work until you run out of time or run out of money, then ship.”

[99u.com]

recap.

1 // distill.

2 // prototype.

3 // ship.

“that combination of thought and action defines creative confidence: the ability to come up with new ideas and the courage to try them out.”

tom kelley, ideo

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