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More Dancing, Less Box Checking
Former Ogilvy ad-man and current Executive Creative Director at LG US, John Long, recently sent out a deliciously snarky tweet. It’s a photo of a …
Success: More Grit or Talent?
Back in August, Debbie Millman interviewed Chris Evert, one of the top female tennis stars of the last half century, who is now a successful …
Innovation is Reinvention
It is easy to think of founders as idea machines and first-time visionaries. Cue Bill Gates and the PC, Henry Ford and the assembly line …
Life is About More than Happiness
“Happy employees, happy company” is a common mindset these days. It tells us to aim directly at organizational happiness. But aiming at happiness is exactly …
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 …
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