Learning Innovation
The Inside Intro
How to get buy-in during any workshop or live session
Best of...
The hits, the highlights, the must-reads. Start here for a curated collection of the most popular and impactful pieces I’ve written.
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How to open a Primary School
A commodities trader wanted to open primary schools in forgotten coastal towns. He bought a football club instead. Here's what happened next.
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The Fork
The gap between AI-native and everyone else is widening. I'm not sure anyone knows how to close it.
Howard's Riffs
Interconnected Agency
Agency is a real word. It means something - or it used to. And now Silicon Valley has it.
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Piano for the Office
In 1906, typing was marketed to women as "piano for the office." Safe. Respectable. Those same roles are now most exposed to AI automation.
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Three Big A.I. Bets - keynote
A 25-minute talk on the three bets every services business is already making - whether they've named them or not. Talent, model, positioning. Recorded in Paris.
Learning Innovation
Three types of tough crowd
"Tough crowd."
You've heard someone say this after a gig, a presentation, a workshop. But there&
Howard's Riffs
A Quiet Way to Know Someone
On receiving a book someone's already read
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,
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
It’s 1985. Nintendo is either about to save the gaming industry or disappear. Everything depends on getting one thing
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
The hidden layer in Spotify's CTO's take on AI vs. machine learning
Gustav Söderström's insight reveals why creative professionals need to master the feedback loops AI can't touch.
Learning Innovation
The case for all-age everything: lessons from PBS Kids
I'm shopping for my 4-year-old and keep thinking "I wish they made that in Dad
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Making it in America: What international founders & creatives actually need to know
The cultural paradoxes, identity costs, and hidden rules nobody explains
How-To Guides
Pascal's Wager for AI (and why you should bet on Scenario 2)
Dan Hockenmaier just cut through all the AI noise with a simple framework. Here's why his "scenario 2" bet makes perfect sense.
Music
What Brian Eno knows about learning (that we've forgotten)
The ambient music pioneer's new theory about art as "adult play" reveals why case studies don't stick - and what does.
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Groove Theory: A new lens for creative professionals who want to find - and hold - their rhythm
You know your stuff, but when the spotlight hits, something goes sideways. Groove Theory helps creative professionals find their rhythm in high-stakes moments - from pitches to keynotes to career pivots. Discover the five elements that transform ideas into experiences people actually feel.