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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 …
What If Work Loved Us Back?
We all know at least one person. The Superfan. They aren’t just a Star Trek nerd, everybody attending their wedding came dressed as Klingons. Not …
Try not to have a good time… this is supposed to be educational
Many people born after the Millennium won’t remember much about the newspaper comic strip, “Peanuts,” featuring Good Ol’ Charlie Brown. But from its debut in 1950 …
Better to Burn out Than Fade Away
It’s that Burning Man time of the year again, when with a predictability you can set your watch to, the internet becomes flooded with the …
Simplicity is Complexity Resolved
We’re born into chaos, spend our lives seeking order, and die realizing we never had control. This is the human condition. And it’s not hard …
All leaders are politicians. Not all politicians are leaders
In June 1940, during the darkest period of WWII for the British, Winston Churchill gave his famously defiant “We shall fight them on the beaches” …
The Croesus Trap
According to the very first story in Herodotus’ Histories (c. 440 BC, the oldest nonfiction book in the Western Canon), King Croesus was the richest …
What Signal Are You Sending?
Little things matter. A lot. (Or they don’t, until they do). A year-long study of 450,000 employees across 40 million Zoom meetings revealed a not-so-shocking …
Environment is Leadership
When talking about architecture, in 1948 Winston Churchill may have said it best: “We shape our buildings; thereafter, they shape us.” Ain’t that the truth? …
Meaning: the Ultimate Olympic Sport
Admit it. Until this summer, very few of us knew what a Phryge was. Most of us probably still don’t. “Les Phryges” are a pair …
Mastery as Marketing
In a 2001 episode of “Sex and The City,” hilarity ensues when one of the main characters, Samantha, tries using her celebrity connections to jump …
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