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It’s The Flame That Matters, Not The Carrier
In Medieval Europe, the trade guilds had three ranks: The Apprentice. The kid. The boy. The lowest guy on the totem pole. 2. The Journeyman. From the French …
Vorsprung Durch Technik
Marcus Engman, the head designer of Ikea these last six years, just quit to go and start his own consultancy. His big idea? To convince …
If you want to be successful create a culture of openness
There’s a rather common belief that success is the precursor to virtue, not the other way around. i.e. “We’ll be open and curious and generous …
Post-Modern Diplomacy
When we think of the world, we mostly think of “countries” being the basic unit of mass human organization. The French do it a certain …
The confessions of feel good brands
Tom Godwin was having a big ol’ rant on Twitter recently: “Someone should coin a word for this trend for ultra privileged faux “goodness” brands. Things like …
How Microsoft Did It
Microsoft uses technology to build community in a globally dispersed workforce of over 140,000 employees. Here’s the thing. The technology you use (and Microsoft’s technology will …
How to thrive in love and in work – by Jennifer Petriglieri
According to Sigmund Freud, love and work are the cornerstones of our humanity. Too often, however, those cornerstones shift shape and are ill-fitting. One …
The Reality of Twitter Mobs
For people who follow these things, Twitter had ts legendary breakout moment at SXSW 2006. That’s when the geeks embraced the platform en masse. But for all its …
The “Te” of SoulCycle (or lack thereof)
The Chinese have a lovely word, “Te”, which roughly means virtue, integrity, character, moral strength, etc. Ideally, *Te* manifests itself when one’s thoughts, words, …
Nobody Knows Anything – By Bob Hoffman
A bird is flying around and gets blown by the wind. He doesn’t know why. We could try to explain to him that hot and …
Gordian Knot = Culture
It’s one of the most famous stories in antiquity. Early on in his campaign, Alexander The Great visited the town of Gordium. They had a …
Curiosity In Action
There’s an inherent tension at the very center of the creative, productive life. On one side is “outputs”: the stuff you make, the stuff you …
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