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The Psychology of Scaling Culture
Smoked Brisket tastes better in Texas. Bagels taste better in New York. Haggis tastes better in Scotland. Coffee tastes better in Santo Domingo. Yes, a …
Get Off the Hamster Wheel
They say that the “Golden Age of TV” began in 1999 with the premiere of HBO’s gritty drama about mob life, “The Sopranos.” TV had never …
The Secret to Happiness
We’re in Italy this week for a client engagement. Walking around the piazza at the center of town has us thinking surely this must be …
Work Hard, Play Harder
They say one does their best work when they’re actually not working, but in a state of play, or as the clever folk like to …
What Samurai Teach Us About Service
Akira Kurosawa’s Seven Samurai is known as one of the greatest movies of all time. It’s usually found in most serious film critics’ top-ten lists. …
If It Sounds Too Good To Be True
The big business news of late is that Sam Bankman-Fried (SBM) was convicted in Federal Court on all seven counts of fraud and faces up …
You Don’t Need More Money
Crafting the earliest planes and nurturing remarkable cultures have more in common than you might think. In the “air-race,” the Wright Brothers had a lot …
Engineers Beef with Advertising
There’s an old saying on how “Advertising is the tax you pay for being unremarkable.” The idea being, if you make a product good enough, you …
Go Ahead, Embrace Vulnerability
Netflix has been in the news lately with its new plans to open two Netflix retail stores, where people can “interact with their favorite shows” …
Why Be Hardcore?
A recent article from the New York Times highlights a growing trend in corporate team building: extreme activities. Some companies spend up to $100K on …
Symbols: Your Secret Leverage
Archimedes of Syracuse, an Ancient Greek mathematician, engineer, and inventor, was obsessed with the idea of leverage. “If you give me a lever and a …
What Mad Men Teaches Us On Creativity
In the critically acclaimed TV series, Mad Men, the main character, a troubled advertising Creative Director named Donald Draper, gets into an argument with his …
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