Mills Scofield

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It’s Not Just Semantics: Managing Outcomes Vs. Outputs

Mills Scofield

Outcomes are the difference made by the outputs: better traffic flow, shorter travel times, and fewer accidents. Since she travels, she’d like to go on a trip and have the car serviced while she’s gone. Outcomes are the benefit your customers receive from your stuff.

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It’s Not Just Semantics: Managing Outcomes Vs. Outputs

Mills Scofield

Outcomes are the difference made by the outputs: better traffic flow, shorter travel times, and fewer accidents. Since she travels, she’d like to go on a trip and have the car serviced while she’s gone. Outcomes are the benefit your customers receive from your stuff.

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How to “Manage” A Blue Lobster

Mills Scofield

In addition to maternity leave benefits, his support and communication with the rest of the team in New Jersey made it possible for me to work from home, without travel, and still have significant impact on the business. While working for him, I had my first child. He’d handle the politics; I’d handle getting the work done with my team.

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How to “Manage” A Blue Lobster

Mills Scofield

In addition to maternity leave benefits, his support and communication with the rest of the team in New Jersey made it possible for me to work from home, without travel, and still have significant impact on the business. While working for him, I had my first child. He’d handle the politics; I’d handle getting the work done with my team.

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How to Have an Impact without Electricity and the Internet

Mills Scofield

I began traveling to Haiti as a volunteer in 2007 and moved here in 2010 to launch an organization called GOALS. I don’t have internet on my phone, don’t work on projects late at night or on weekends, and almost always take a real lunch hour. Mostly this has to do with living in Haiti.

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I Don't "Have it All" - Yeah!

Mills Scofield

When I had children, with fabulous maternity-leave and benefits, I returned to work from home, no travel, part-time – keeping my same level and responsibilities. For 9 years I flew to NJ every week and to Europe or Asia monthly, was given a laptop with global network access, a cell phone and a fully equipped home office.

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Growing a Startup: 3 Guys & a Bear

Mills Scofield

So far we have traveled from Lake Tahoe to San Francisco, to Oberlin, Ohio, to New York City, to Providence, to NYC, to PVD, and we still have a trips to Madison, Wisconsin, and Oberlin before heading back to San Francisco.