Future Of Work
The new company department? Storytelling
Notion merged their internal comms, external comms, social, and influencer teams into one. They're calling it the Storytelling
đ Writing
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Creative Business
Christian Bale kept training for a role he didn't have
Christian Bale got fired from American Psycho, and responded by... continuing to prepare for it.
Director Mary Harron wanted him,
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Groove Theory #15 - The woman who built The French Laundry (before it was The French Laundry)
Sally Schmitt was doing farm-to-table in 1978. Nobody got it.
Learning, Education & Growth
Checkin' Chess at WSJ Doha
Pawn to c3. Knight to f6. Andrew Beatonâs playing chess on stage at WSJ Tech Live in Doha -
Howard's Riffs
Same book, different you
Why it matters to play it again
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Groove Theory #14 - Jmail
Two developers rebuilt the Epstein files as Gmail. Here's why it worked.
Creative Business
Tempo, not Intensity
What fabric's resident DJ can teach the rest of us about experience design
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Groove Theory #13: West on 27th
How two DJs with opposite approaches convinced NYC to trust their groove - and what small teams can learn from it.
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Groove Theory #12 - The Maze Maker
How a French TV producer mastered the barely possible
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Groove Theory #11 - The One-Inch Picture Frame
When the whole thing feels too big, make it smaller than you think.
Learning, Education & Growth
Worksheets and Worksheets
Dealing with the tension of using physical and digital assets in learning environments
Learning, Education & Growth
How Nintendo taught 40 million people without a manual
Itâs 1985. Nintendo is either about to save the gaming industry or disappear. Everything depends on getting one thing
Culture & Insights
33/45?: Carl Craig's cross-scene connections
For months, two South London DJs had been playing a Detroit music producerâs track at the wrong speed -
Creative Business
Movie bets: Judge by the peak
The producer behind "The Social Network" ignores the flops and the recent work. He asks one question: what's the best thing you've ever seen them do?
Culture & Insights
When Malcolm Gladwell found Dr. Dre's Empty Chair
How to create the environment where people feel the appropriate emotions for any experience
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Groove Theory #10 - When your song becomes someone else's
What Trent Reznor learned when he gave away his most personal work
Culture & Insights
When Guatemala invented the Happy Meal
One franchisee saw kids struggling with adult portions and created something smaller with a toy. McDonald's rolled it out worldwide.
Learning, Education & Growth
What if business school taught you the wrong skill?
Taylor sent 2,000 applications in six months with her MBA. She can dissect any case study. But the job market needs people who can decide under pressure, not study someone else's choice from 1987.