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Go big, go small, just go.
So you want to achieve greatness. You’ve decided that ho-hum mediocrity is not for you. Alrighty then. Well, if you’re going to do that, …
The Hamptons are not Defensible Position by Mark Blyth
Back in the summer of 2015, I visited Athens just as the European Central Bank decided to ration the amount of Euros Greeks could take out …
Why Unconscious Bias Training Doesn’t Work
Culture is a social construct and training will never be the route to more diverse and inclusive organizations. Training solves information problems and our D&I …
A Story As Old As Time
Our old buddy Mike Arrington (founder of Techcrunch, among other things), made a lovely point on Twitter: “One of the first lessons I learned in Silicon …
Looks are deceiving
“Hell Or High Water” was said to be one of the best movies of 2016. It got 4 Oscar nominations, at the very least. The story …
Meaning Is A Constellation
A big part of helping companies is to make their work more meaningful, both to their employees and to their customers. This makes total sense. People …
The go-to guy vs. the here-already guy
First lesson in Economics 101: everything is scarce. But is it, really? Because the global economy, today, is less about guns and butter than …
The Secret Is Who Not How
Our friends, Benjamin Hardy and Dan Sullivan have a new book coming out soon, and it reminded us of something that Matt Mullenweg, the CEO, and founder of Automattic (the parent …
The Tyranny of “Back to School”
The stories of how university life has changed are reported in the news daily. We read stories of students being expelled, for congregating, partying, and being kids. The …
Are You Rethinking What’s Important? Lots of people are!
Two generations ago, we started to outsource child-rearing, so both parents could be breadwinners. Which worked well. Until it didn’t. So now families by their …
Don’t let them take away your crayons
From the 2009 bestseller, “Ignore Everybody”: Everyone is born creative; everyone is given a box of crayons in kindergarten. Then when you hit puberty they take …
Diversity Soup by Dave Trott
There’s an old Chinese folk tale about two monks. They come to a poor village to beg for food, but no-one has any to …
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