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Lead or In the Lead? – The Daily PPILL #200

Lead or In the Lead? – The Daily PPILL #200

What does it mean to be a leader? As it happens many times in our English language, it is contextual. And I am not referring to contextual, or “situational leadership”. I mean that the term “leader” means a completely different thing depending...
The uncanny valley – The Daily PPILL #195

The uncanny valley – The Daily PPILL #195

The “uncanny valley” is a term first translated in 1978 from professor Masahiro Mori’s ‘bukimi no tani genshō’, and it was first used to refer to human replicas that appear almost, but not exactly, like real human beings and how these...
Change before change gets to you – The Daily PPILL #187

Change before change gets to you – The Daily PPILL #187

There is nothing worse than getting caught in something that you did not expect, that you did not prepare for. When you know something is coming, it allows you to build the necessary skills, strength, or resources to be in a better position. In addition, it also...
No throwaway comments – The Daily PPILL #185

No throwaway comments – The Daily PPILL #185

In our completely mediatized and always on society, there are no throwaway comments anymore. Take for example the one in the picture: Theranos has been defunct for four years now, but their HQ’s address is still featured on Google Maps. What’s even more...
Poetry vs prose – The Daily PPILL #184

Poetry vs prose – The Daily PPILL #184

There are times when the words we are using do not work. We cannot get our point across, or worse, they are hurting or offending even when we mean well. When something like this happens, it leaves us asking ourselves what we could have done differently, or if there...
The real impact of AI – The Daily PPILL #180

The real impact of AI – The Daily PPILL #180

I know what you’re thinking, “yet another one of those”. Well, yes, but no. I really just want to set the record straight. In recent days I read yet another article about how self-driving vehicles may put truck drivers and taxi drivers out of their...