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Be Water, My Friend

We usually think of militaries as rigid. But the best militaries operate with a fair bit of flexibility. Churchill once remarked that the Wehrmacht was very …

Lies: Building on a Foundation of Sand

Lies multiply. First one lie. Then a second lie to prop up the first lie. Then a whole slew of accidental lies when someone spreads …

Remote Terminations: What not to do

Big tech layoffs and hiring freezes are all the rage these days. Meta (AKA Facebook) just announced major layoffs. Lyft has reported plans to cut staff …

Don’t Bet Against Twitter

A decade ago, after the Arab Spring, everyone was talking about Twitter. Five years ago, when Space X and Tesla were starting to make serious …

Nothing Lasts Forever

China is the future. We’ve been hearing that for thirty years. It does sound pretty plausible. It took Britain seven generations to industrialize. It took …

Show Me the Data

The fictional LA detective, Joe Friday, was famous for saying “Just the facts, Ma’am.” Similarly, in the tech and business worlds, “Show me the data” …

Wanted: CEOs with People Skills

These graphs by Axios and HBR, revealing the most-wanted skills in the C-suite, got our attention. They show that “culture” and other high-EQ qualities are …

Social Cop-Ye-ing

One thing that allows us to dominate the animal kingdom is our ability to copy what we perceive as successful behavior. This is why most …

Would You Be Missed If You Were Gone?

Satya Nadella became Microsoft’s CEO in 2014. Since then its share price has exploded, after years of stagnation, marking one of the biggest turnarounds in …