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The Cultures that Actually Win
The Amish are a technology-avoiding, mostly agricultural American religious community of German origin, famous for their Barn Raising. Whenever a new barn needs building, instead …
What Leaders Can Learn from Barbie
There is a famous scene in the 2023 movie, “Barbie”, where Gloria (America Ferrera) gives a passionate speech about all the paradoxes of being a …
The Greatest Existential Threat
“Turning and turning in the widening gyre The falcon cannot hear the falconer Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon …
Craics in the System
“Crack” is a Gaelic word for a good time. So if you spend any time in Scotland, you’ll repeatedly hear people saying to each other …
The Antidote to Suffering
Over on the Weekend University YouTube Channel, the well-known Yale psychology professor, Paul Bloom talks about suffering, as in, one of Buddha’s famous Four Noble …
Filling in the Narrative Gaps
There was a tweet recently, talking about Ernest Hemingway. To paraphrase: “Agreed, Hemingway was a deeply flawed human being. But so what, you’re a deeply …
Some things never change
As the famous passage in the Bible goes, “The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is …
It’s Not Just a Bag
If traditional economic theory was correct, price UP would equal demand DOWN, all the time, in every case, for every product. And, often, that’s what …
Why Commanding Excellence Never Works
King Pyrrhus was an Ancient Greek king who fought a lengthy military campaign against the Romans. After one battle, he saw that he prevailed, but …
The Power of Framing
Apple just apologized for running an ad that no one seemed to like that received massive backlash online. Instead of the intended message: “Hey …
Staying Power
The best thing about having a well-known brand is that it doesn’t go away easily. The worst thing about having a well-known brand is that …
The Trouble of Unmet Needs
Things are rarely what they seem to be. If we took things at face value, we’d still think the Sun revolves around the Earth. We’d …
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