The power of uniforms (and other rituals) is underappreciated. People want to belong to something, and the uniform helps with that. Another gem from Bill Walsh was the "40 plays" idea. When the Niners were going into their first Superbowl Walsh was concerned that his players would be star struck and play below their potential. To counter this he defined the first 40 offensive plays that they were going to run, no matter what. The Niners practiced those 40 plays leading up to the Super Bowl, and guess what, they won. The players weren't worried about the Super Bowl. They focused on executing their 40 plays and "the score took care of itself."
Ooh i like that - I haven't gotten to that part of the book yet!
I tweeted somewhat in jest recently that I think a tech company in the next few years will institute a formal dress code. Casual dress has become so much the norm that this would be a signal and a hiring filter and I actually think it would work well. It would also get a lot of press, both good and bad
The power of uniforms (and other rituals) is underappreciated. People want to belong to something, and the uniform helps with that. Another gem from Bill Walsh was the "40 plays" idea. When the Niners were going into their first Superbowl Walsh was concerned that his players would be star struck and play below their potential. To counter this he defined the first 40 offensive plays that they were going to run, no matter what. The Niners practiced those 40 plays leading up to the Super Bowl, and guess what, they won. The players weren't worried about the Super Bowl. They focused on executing their 40 plays and "the score took care of itself."
Ooh i like that - I haven't gotten to that part of the book yet!
I tweeted somewhat in jest recently that I think a tech company in the next few years will institute a formal dress code. Casual dress has become so much the norm that this would be a signal and a hiring filter and I actually think it would work well. It would also get a lot of press, both good and bad