Creative Business
Two ways to define 'Good Enough'
Ever found yourself endlessly tweaking a project, chasing that elusive perfection? Yeah, me too. But here's a thought.
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Future Of Work
Soft Skills are dead. Letâs talk Character Skills.
Forget buzzwordsâhow do we build environments that make developing Character skills exciting, impactful, and irresistible?
Learning Innovation
âImagine if we taught baseball the way we teach scienceâŠ"
Why are so many people disengaged in classrooms and workplaces - places where they've often invested so much of themselves?
NYC
Dumbo Moving's marketing moves
How to stand out from the crowd and find big spending customers... at close to zero cost. Just add packing tape
Learning Innovation
Why Learning Beats Education (and Why It Matters to You)
Education mandates; learning invites. Discover the key differences and why flipping education into learning unlocks serious growth and fun.
Best of...
7 ways to improve a conference speaking proposal
Iâve just finished evaluating proposals for SXSW 2025. Here are 7 things that separate the standouts from the rest.
How-To Guides
How the creator of 'Peaky Blinders' uses one word to unlock new worlds
Picture this: A working-class kid from Birmingham, youngest of 7, no silver spoon in sight. Fast forward, and he'
Entrepreneurial Endeavours
Two essentials for building distributed teams
Jeff Bezos once said to bet on things that won't change. Here's one: talent is everywhere.
Future Of Work
Tyler Cowen's two questions to unearth hidden talent
How do you find talent with a spark? Can you predict whoâs going to be most creative, energetic, curious, or successful? Here are two unusual questions the economist Tyler Cowen asks to figure it outâŠ
Journal
My one piece of advice for new parents
If I could give my pre-parent self one piece of advice it would be this: deal with loss.
Letâs
Creative Business
Goodbye Google Slides. Hello, Figma
Death by Powerpoint? Perhaps âDeath of Powerpointâ is more apt. Because Figma just launched a slide design tool, and itâ
Creative Business
The Player-Commentator
Ever pretended to play like Messi, Ronaldo or Rapinoe?
How about the people who tell you whatâs going on
Best of...
5 Founder Types
Which one are you?
Best of...
Carl Cox's timeless creative career advice
Two simple tips for a successful long-term career, courtesy of a one-of-a-kind artist & entertainer
Independent Paths
The wallet, the CV, and me
A simple but effective method to design any kind of creative career.
Startups
"Tell me when..."
Our latest co-creation venture is building a professional development platform for doctors. Itâs been a fascinating ride. To help
Mental Health
The silent struggle of men in Gen X
Something's going on. It's not pretty. But it needs addressing.
Future Of Work
Two unusual questions to find talent with a spark
How do you find talent with a spark? Can you predict whoâs going to be most creative, energetic, curious,