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Why the messenger gets shot
We’ve got some bad (or at least, bad-ish) news in the human behavior department: Apparently, you can say “don’t shoot the messenger” all you want, …
Make Your Meetings A Safe Space For Honest Conversation
Here’s a novel idea: that “safety” and “productivity” are interrelated. I.e. the less psychologically stressed people feel in a meeting, the easier it will …
Seeing The World Anew
The advertising business is notorious for only hiring young people. To have a job in the creative department over the age of fifty is …
The one thing best performers always do
The thing about reaching the summit is that you never stay there very long. When they get to the top of Everest, the usual …
How to leverage the laws of nature to build better outcomes.
Competition, against ourselves or against others, is what gets the best results from us. But so does collaboration. How does that work? Let’s reframe the …
You really do need to pick yourself
“Pick Yourself” is another of our favorite blog posts from our friend, Seth Godin. “It’s a cultural instinct to wait to get picked. To seek out …
Let’s dance with infinity
We love this blog post from Seth. He’s totally right, the digital age does allow us to“Dance with infinity”, i.e. hope our product reaches an …
Want to know how to manage yourself?
Jason and David, the two co-founders of Basecamp wrote a fantastic book a few years ago called “Remote”, which explains the virtues of remote working. The benefits of …
Does Your Work Matter?
We can divide our jobs into two hemispheres: “meaningful work” and “busy work”. Meaningful work is the stuff we actually care about. Busy work …
Emotions Come First Every Time…No Matter the Consequences
For those of you who like listening to history lectures, this one is a real doozy. You could argue that the South lost the Civil War …
How To Frame A Crisis
Part of a CEO’s job in any company is dealing with crises. Stuff happens. And often when it does happen, your first instinct is to panic, or …
What does CNN, FOX and Haagen Dazs have in common?
Finally, science has nailed it: consuming negative news via the media makes you less productive at work. We’ve always kinda suspected that, right? Although we …
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