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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 …
The Person or the Culture?
How is history made? How does change happen? There are two main schools of thought. First is the “Great Man” theory, which was popularized in …
How to Create an Unstoppable Movement
With her record-breaking “Eras” Tour, Taylor Swift was recently re-released onto the cultural landscape the way humidity is unleashed on Atlanta every August. All-encompassing, unescapable. …
I Would Rather Give You a Kidney
Back in 2016, we wrote about Margaret Heffernan’s famous line about office culture: “Conflict is frequent when candor is safe.” In other words, a team …
Love Made Visible
It’s safe to say that many of us want to do “meaningful work.” Work that we care about. Work that has a worthy purpose, and …
Don’t Kid Yourself
We heard a story last June from Rob Henderson about an academic he knew personally, who was being worked to death with a small-time teaching …
Ego: Just Like Dust in the Eyes
Over on the Infinite Loops Podcast #167 the author, entrepreneur, and former White House advisor (under George W. Bush), Dr Pippa Malmgren talks about leadership …
What Space10 and the Beatles Share
We all know that the larger a company gets, the harder it is for them to innovate at the pace of the early days. Even …
Going from Idea to Impact
“It is to be remembered that all art is magical in origin – music, sculpture, writing, painting – and by magical I mean intended to …
Own It
This insight comes from podcast host Chris Williamson, over on the Modern Wisdom podcast, Episode #670. When he was just starting out as a journalist, the social …
Too Big to Fail?
In the original Star Wars Trilogy (Episodes 4-6), we see Luke Skywalker & Pals blow up a couple of Death Stars, redeem Darth Vader, and …
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