6 Quotes by Douglass Hatcher

We’re reaching a point in human history, where we will have to reimagine imagination itself. The boundaries of what the human mind could fathom, even just a few short years ago, are changing and extending. As the landscape shifts, we will need a new cartography and new skills to go with it.

Continuous learning allows you to be both defensive and offensive in a fast-changing future filled with huge unknowns.

Humble individuals are more likely to learn from their mistakes and take corrective action after low performance.

In today’s noisy marketplace, we need business storytelling more than ever to differentiate brands, products, and services. Too often, companies rely on description alone when marketing something. There’s a tendency to think that describing something is selling something. But it’s not. Description doesn’t create meaning. It creates information. Stories create meaning.

What happens to job performance if we don’t practice humility in the form of self-awareness? We risk overestimating our abilities, which can result in insufficient effort, missed deadlines, and lower quality of work—all of which can add up to decreased performance.

When you’re sharing a story, humility allows you to shift the focus from yourself to your audience—to meet them where they are, not where you are. Your audience could be your customer, your employees, or other stakeholders. It’s anyone you want to influence.