We’ve got some bad (or at least, bad-ish) news in the human behavior department: Apparently, you can say “don’t shoot the messenger” all you want, …

  Here’s a novel idea: that “safety” and “productivity” are interrelated. I.e. the less psychologically stressed people feel in a meeting, the easier it will …

  The advertising business is notorious for only hiring young people. To have a job in the creative department over the age of fifty is …

  The thing about reaching the summit is that you never stay there very long. When they get to the top of Everest, the usual …

  Competition, against ourselves or against others, is what gets the best results from us. But so does collaboration. How does that work? Let’s reframe the …

  “Pick Yourself” is another of our favorite blog posts from our friend, Seth Godin. “It’s a cultural instinct to wait to get picked. To seek out …

  We love this blog post from Seth. He’s totally right, the digital age does allow us to“Dance with infinity”, i.e. hope our product reaches an …

  Jason and David, the two co-founders of Basecamp wrote a fantastic book a few years ago called “Remote”, which explains the virtues of remote working. The benefits of …

  We can divide our jobs into two hemispheres: “meaningful work” and “busy work”. Meaningful work is the stuff we actually care about. Busy work …

For those of you who like listening to history lectures, this one is a real doozy. You could argue that the South lost the Civil War …

Part of a CEO’s job in any company is dealing with crises. Stuff happens. And often when it does happen, your first instinct is to panic, or …

Finally, science has nailed it: consuming negative news via the media makes you less productive at work. We’ve always kinda suspected that, right? Although we …