Kelly Huang

  • Individual development plan

    Without a clear iteration objective, learning is a search for hope. Individual development plans are given to improve productivity at work. At my last job, IDPs were 20% of the KPI structure, the rest was task performance. A common pattern: read a book, study a course. The hope is that somewhere in the process, something…

  • Skill of judgement

    The act of doing isn’t the tough part, AI’s quality of execution gets better day by day. Judgement, ability to select what to and what not to do, enhance our ability to orchestrate these experts we have. Judgement is an accumulation of experiments. Experiment carried to close the inefficient gaps in our work. If it…

  • Truth is the reason for pattern learning and iteration

    The Road Less Traveled provided a WHY to the concept of pattern learning and iteration: life is difficult because we have to confront and solve problems. The discipline to revise our map, our perception of reality, provides clarity to navigate those struggles. This revision is a pattern creation, an iteration, an experiment. 1> Create our…

  • Learn to iterate. Not to learn.

    YouTube, LinkedIn — feed is full of techniques. Short videos. Popular keywords. New tools. But what attracts us and what we actually need are rarely the same thing. Iteration is hard because it requires pattern utilization. Then noticing what can be done to accelerate or amplify — that gap, a potential new pattern, is where…

  • Pattern learning and steal like an artist

    This is a technique I frequently use to iterate faster to pattern learning: steal. Take a look at these two examples. Pattern recognition The first image is from a 2023 ASUS product announcement, I screenshot and kept it in the swipe file. Months later, it became a source to mimic in a product launch. Pattern…

  • Average of the environment

    I completed 11K Standard Chartered Charity Taipei Marathon, the result was 3 minutes short of my goal. The problem wasn’t the lack of ability. The problem was the easily fall into the crowd. The excuse levitates the pain to fight through the crowd. Excuse sounds much easier. Our brain defaults to avoid pain. I could…

  • Goals, system, theme

    Words I constantly saw on YouTube title during the New Year: goals, habits, system, and theme. This post is to interpret their differences. Goals The milestone we look to achieve, such as loosing 5kg, running sub-60 10K, summer vacation to Thailand. The key to execution is to be as clear as possible. Instead of “Summer…

  • Annual theme

    Over the years, I transitioned from New Year resolutions to birthday personal reviews. (links to turning 32, 34, and 35) This Ali-abdaal short reveals the fragmented feeling I had this year’s review, that is something to needle the topics together. The idea of a theme. That said, my theme for 34 is brave because: The…

  • Meet people to meet ideas

    Almost fifty days into writing, one thing became apparent: the lack of things to write about. There are things I’m already doing to find ideas: The reality of having a family and in my 30s: the social connection and new experience became stagnant. I circle around the same agenda of wake up, work, family, phone,…

  • 5 fear and purpose crossovers

    Throughout this 4 year experiment of trying to write and document, there are 2 elements that determined the action (or no action): purpose and fear. When the intensity of purpose is higher than fear, I can take action. When the reverse happens, I stay in my comfort zone. I have experienced 5 phases. Phase 1.…