April 22, 2024

Happy Monday!

Here’s the Business Buzz with A Helpful Trend, Tip, Tool, and

a Hot Take from HiveThink to help you this week.

01 HiveTrend - TikTok Notes App

TikTok is testing a TikTok Notes app to rival Instagram.

📸 In particular, it seems to be trying to call back to a simpler era of Instagram: one  focused completely on sharing photos, not videos.

It seems that even amidst the threat of a TikTok ban, the company is still out there making moves.

TikTok Notes is widely available yet, but it is being tested in small batches.

What do you think? Does this app sound like something you would want to use?

02 HiveTip - Remember Cause & Effect

“While we are free to choose our actions, we are not free to choose the consequences of our actions.”

—Stephen Covey, “The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People”

That’s why it’s important to think about the second-order consequences of potential actions you take, particularly in business.

There’s, of course, times where you just have to act quickly to survive.

However, when able, take the time to think through the potential domino effects your actions could result in, because sometimes what seems best in the immediate future isn’t always what’s best for “future you.”

A common example is hiring out of desperation instead of culture fit.

You may fill the spot today, but you may also potentially create lots of problems later on.

03 HiveTool - Get It Done Right Everytime

The more vital it is to get something right, the more important it is for you to have a checklist.

👨‍✈️ We all hope that pilots and surgeons are following a checklist, right?

While what we’re doing may not be life and death, it can still bring a lot of peace and confidence to know that our important things have the same care put into them.

What are the important things in your business that you don’t want to mess up?

Take the answers to that question and go create some checklists! ✅

Check out this 7 minute 44 second YouTube video summarizing the book, "The Checklist Manifesto.”

Too long to watch? No worries. Click this link to start at the tactical stuff - just 2 minutes and 24 seconds to watch. 😉

04 HiveTake - Are You A Giver Or A Taker?

Organizational psychologist, Adam Grant, has done a lot of research on how to promote a culture of generosity in the work place. Chris recently came across a clip from Adam Grant’s Ted Talk on this subject, and it really inspired him. Ultimately, the big idea was that in order to build a giving culture, you don’t just need more givers than takers, you need a team of all givers.

👉 Want to watch the Instagram post? Click here.

🔎 Want to watch the full TED Talk? Click here.

Until next time,

The HiveThink Team

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