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Why the Sun Always Wins
“Let us agree,” said the North Wind to the Sun, in one of Aesop’s fables, “that whoever can strip that traveler of his cloak is …
He Never Repeated a Formula, Not Even His Own
Frank Gehry, the second most famous modern architect in North America after Frank Lloyd Wright, recently passed away at the age of 96. In 2000, …
The Case for Crazy
Our friend, Rory Sutherland (Vice Chairman of Ogilvy and one of the sharpest thinkers in behavioral economics, shared a great insight with us recently: “You …
He Just Dragged His Fingers Through the Sand
You know that story your best friend loves to tell about how he met his wife? He missed his flight by 20 seconds, ended up …
Thank you, shitshow
Ever heard of the Fire Phone? Most people haven’t because it was a spectacular failure. Amazon’s $199 smartphone launched in 2014 to take on Apple’s …
Just Fall
Have you ever been trapped in a problem so entangled with conflicting demands, that every attempt to solve it only tightens the knot? You argue …
Boundaries Beget Belonging
British private clubs got their start for simple economic reasons. Wealthy English landowners needed to come into the city occasionally for business: lawyers, Parliament, that …
Care is a Risk. Do It Anyway.
We live in an age of automation, globalization, and faceless systems. A world that often feels indifferent to the individual. In this vast machinery, care …
Nobody Votes for Bad Bread
If you’ve been living in Europe for a while, one of the first things you notice when you get to the US is how much …
Culture vs. Command
After World War II, a German officer reportedly said, the American Army succeeds in war because “war is chaos, and the American Army practices chaos …
Fighters versus Fakers
In 1918, Eugene Debs stood before a judge about to sentence him to ten years in prison for speaking against the war. His final words …
Innovation is Forgiveness
In every major religion, forgiveness matters. Take, for example, the Lord’s Prayer (found in the Christian Gospels of both Matthew and Luke). “Forgive us our …
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