Mindsets & Growth
Your Other Language Skills
Your language skills matter more than ever - but not the ones you think. Industries, sectors, scenes. The jargon, the rhythm, the sub-sub-sub of it all. Which ones do you speak?
Mindsets & Growth
The psychology of creative work and personal development
Mindsets & Growth
What Do You Do?
How do you explain what you do in two sentences? Your career, your side project, the thing you still can't describe to your parents?
Mindsets & Growth
The Mistake Picnic
Patrick Collison spent three hours going through every mistake in Michael Ovitz's memoir. There's something unfashionable about that. And something worth noticing.
Howard's Riffs
I'd love to work with you
Someone offered to help without showing they'd read what I sent. One detail would have been enough. Which makes it stranger when it's missing.
Mindsets & Growth
It’s not their fault
Most feedback feels useless. But that's not on them - it's on us to extract what they really mean.
Mindsets & Growth
Meet the person you could have been: What a $150B CEO does on weekends
Shopify CEO Tobi Lutke races cars not for fame or money, but to close the gap between who he is and who he could become. His approach to finding fascination and practicing at 99.99% offers a path for anyone looking to meet their future self
Creative Business
The $2.5M Decision That Changed Everything
A screenwriter turned down Harrison Ford and Tom Cruise for unknown actors. He had no way of knowing if he was right. But he trusted his vision anyway.
Mindsets & Growth
The question I immediately stole (and you should too)
A new collaborator asked me something that cuts through all the noise: "Send me the most interesting article in your space." Simple question, powerful results.
Mindsets & Growth
Why creative blocks don't solve themselves at your desk
In-person connection is 4,367 times more potent than Zoom. Yesterday reminded me why stepping away from screens matters.
Mindsets & Growth
The secret ritual behind Brentford FC's success (that has nothing to do with data)
What childhood photos reveal about peak performance that analytics can't capture.
Mindsets & Growth
What's your dream project? (No, your real one)
Simple question, difficult answer. But the follow-ups reveal everything: What am I really chasing? How am I complicit in creating what I don't want?
Mindsets & Growth
The Shadow Brief
Carl Jung said every person has a shadow - the other version of themselves, shouting in silence. Turns out, every
Coaching
The (secret) secret of Manchester City's success
Why every team needs goalkeeper #3
Coaching
Mentoring: What, Why... How?
I get the strong sense there’s a growing demand for mentorship - both to give and receive. But why?
Mindsets & Growth
Viva la voz
A more effective - and authentic - way to set up a meeting.
Coaching
Mentoring: The Librarian & The Confidante
I get the strong sense there’s a growing demand for mentorship - both to give and receive. But why?
Creative Business
Word of the year
Why this year will go one of two ways. And it doesn't need to get Ugly.
Mindsets & Growth
“What’s going on here, with this human?”.
Whether it’s improving collaboration in your team, assessing a candidate, or exploring new partnerships - understanding and assessing humans