Ideas Worth
Sitting With
Page 20 of 373
How To Create A Movement
Symbols are a funny thing. We all know what they are…. But do we really? What is it about, say, the Pride Flag, a piece …
The Art of Opting Out
As the old saying goes, “no response is still a response.” And it’s precisely the response Apple CEO, Tim Cook, recently gave to Elon Musk. …
The Clues to Success
As Tony Robbins says,“success leaves clues.” Whenever there is a great accomplishment, we like to examine it, reengineer it, decode it, and learn a lesson …
The Case for Cheap Bets
Disney is having a bad time of things lately, with some high profile box office flops, or at least, major disappointments. 2023 was the year …
Feelings Are Who We Are
Driving a tank in the Second World War was a high-stakes, scary, and dangerous job. So tank crews did what humans tend to do in …
Half In Is All Out
There’s the immutable law of business: whenever a new way of working comes long, albeit from tech or social change, people will try to game …
The Machines Don’t Care
Back in 1949, George Orwell was already predicting algorithmic content In his best-known novel, “1984:” “There was a whole chain of separate departments dealing with …
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 …
Let’s Talk
* Required