It was with great surprise and delight that we saw Tom Peters had quoted our Chief Creative, Hugh MacLeod in his new book, “Extreme Humanism”, so of course, we turned …

  The thing about major innovation is, it comes in waves. These waves historically have lasted about fifty years, thereabouts. Along came the railway in …

  Out of Context, or Just Too Much Context to Ignore?  Lately, we’ve been calling out some of the worst offenders in the corporate and academic worlds …

  Complex and dynamic, that is the challenge of designing culture. There are no obvious levers to pull, what often looks like a good idea, …

A few weeks ago, we wrote a post about the futility of trying to get human bodies to live in outer space, and “space tourism for …

CAVEAT: Generally, we shy away from using Apple as a case study because 1. They are such outliers and 2. They are overused by everybody and their dog…but the following …

That’s the weird thing about the time we live in. The more we try to get robots to do the work of humans, the more …

  It was 1947. The big war had ended, the UK was a mess. Soldiers and refugees were still limping home, there was still rationing, …

  Let’s talk about narratives. Big stories that were told and believed by many people. Religious stories like Islam or Christianity, or Political Stories like …

  There’s a famous line in The Blues Brothers movie when they ask the bartender at the Texas honky-tonk what kind of music they play: …

Who runs Microsoft, after Bill steps down? Who runs Apple, after Steve steps down? Who runs Tesla, after Elon steps down? Who runs Berkshire Hathaway, after Warren steps …

University Of Pennsylvania anthropologist, Professor Greg Urban‘s new book The Culture Puzzle: Harnessing the Forces that Drive Your Organization’s Success, co-authored with Mario Moussa and Derek Newberry, has some useful insights. Greg spent 25 …