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.
Creative Business
Building creative careers and ventures that actually work
Best of...
7 ways to improve a conference speaking proposal
I’ve 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 who’s going to be most creative, energetic, curious, or successful? Here are two unusual questions the economist Tyler Cowen asks to figure it out…
Creative Business
Goodbye Google Slides. Hello, Figma
Death by Powerpoint? Perhaps ‘Death of Powerpoint’ is more apt. Because Figma just launched a slide design tool, and it’
Creative Business
The Player-Commentator
Ever pretended to play like Messi, Ronaldo or Rapinoe?
How about the people who tell you what’s going on
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
Creative Business
Steve Albini's letter to Nirvana (No business lessons required)
The legendary producer who died this week wrote one of the best professional letters ever. You'll see why without me explaining it.
Creative Business
(De)Risky Business
A few years ago I went to an event featuring a talk by William Reeve. He’s co-founded no less
Future Of Work
Future Jobs: The Fractional Company Historian
Disney has it. So does Levi’s. IBM definitely do. Stripe probably will soon. Even Theranos has one (albeit an
How-To Guides
How to use Figma for building online courses
Over the last few months I’ve been using Figma as the design engine for building our new online course.
Portfolio Career
Full Stackers
I've long believed in the value of cultivating "Lowercase Skills" - being a an uppercase Strategist
Independent Paths
The unspoken layoffs
The thing no one talks about when it comes to layoffs.
Startups
3 learnings from validating a new startup idea
A trio of counter-intuitive learnings from the early stages of sculpting a new venture
Startups
Our new approach to startup validation
Einstein said if he had an hour to solve a challenge he’d spend 55 minutes on the problem, 5
Creative Business
Damon Albarn's preset genius
All killer, no filler. From 1981.
Creative Business
How to do Deeper Work
How to do more with less? Or rather, how can you create valuable work with less resources but also less burnout, stress and distractions?