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How Outrageous Ideas Change the World (for better or worse)
What’s the most memorable line from the Harris-Trump debate? “They’re eating the dogs.” This bizarre claim born from a single regretted social media post, spread …
They pretend to pay us, we pretend to work
From the creation of the Soviet Union in 1917 until its dissolution in 1991, Pravda, its largest newspaper, was the mouthpiece of the ruling Communist …
Elves are Overrated
In JRR Tolkien’s “Lord Of The Rings”, the Elves seemed to have it made. Tolkien’s Elves weren’t like the old Celtic Faeries- little mischievous creatures …
Corruption is Contagious
What do New York Mayor, Eric Adams, and Sean Combs aka Puff Diddy have in common? They’ve allegedly fallen into what we call “The Croesus …
In Defense of Red Tape
One of the hardest questions in business is how to scale. The great startup VC, Paul Graham, talks about this in one of his essays, …
Culture is Purpose Not Place
The big news in remote working this month was the memo Amazon CEO, Andy Jassy, sent out last week mandating that all employees return to …
How to Live Through Civilizational Collapse and Still Have Nice Things
The title of this piece is basically the subtext of a growing trend reported in a recent WSJ article, “America Pulls Back From Values That …
What’s Your If-Then Loop?
Our old friend Seth Godin has a great definition of organizational culture: “People like us do things like this.” It’s simple and yet captures how …
Allergic to Mediocrity
From the 1970’s to around the financial crash of 2008, one could credibly argue that London advertising was the best in the world. Sure, the …
Ideas That Don’t Die
In 1863, Abraham Lincoln delivered what is largely revered as the most famous speech in US History, The Gettysburg Address. “Four score and seven years …
When Small Becomes Tall
If we ask a random person in the street, what’s the point of language, we may expect to hear something like, “it allows us to …
The Psychology of Sugar Water
In 1971, Coca-Cola launched the most famous commercial in advertising history. Older folks will still remember it fondly. Younger folks might remember it being used …
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