Entrepreneurial Endeavours
Dominant Design
When the car company uses dominant design, they may not even know they’re doing
so.
When they see the
Mindsets & Growth
The psychology of creative work and personal development
Writing
A simple way to get unblocked
You probably know the feeling: that project you’re working on just spins round
and round; nothing moving; no new
Mindsets & Growth
The perils of a chain reaction
Our well-intentioned but misguided desires to root for the independents.
A couple of times a week I’ll walk with
Coaching
Coaching for creative inspiration
A key component of a coaching certification program is to get coaching.
Not ‘get’ as in ‘understand’, but ‘get’ as
Mindsets & Growth
The Rotation
Menlo Innovations is a software company based in Ann Arbor.
They’ve become well known for staying true to their
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™
Trademarks exist to identify the origin of some kind of good or service – the
origin being the business that serves
Stage Left
Keep it boring
> Wanna know what kills more police than bullets and liquor? Boredom. They just
can’t handle that shit. You
Teaching
Cultivate your questions carefully
Last week I went on a training course. In these situations I tend to be either
very engaged or very
Learning Innovation
Dress Up, Dress Down.
Since 2015 I’ve been a workshop facilitator and teacher serving all sorts of
groups: teenagers, graduates, mid level managers,
Mindsets & Growth
Game Time: History Repeating
Here’s a quick game to play every so often with friends old or new.
Get each person to think
Stage Left
A lot can happen between now and never
My wife and I are getting deep in the game. The Game of Thrones game.
I admit I never went
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Over Indexing
We all have our tried and trusted go-to methods.
Our go-to frameworks, mental models, and communication styles; our ways of
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Stand Up if…
Connecting people isn’t so much of a problem anymore. The internet enables just
about anyone to connect with anyone
The Tension
The 2 Voices
One of the reasons podcasts have become so popular of late is the intimate
connection between the listener and the
Coaching
Coaching: Spinning our Wheels
Here’s a question I hear from time to time.
What is coaching for?
It’s a simple question, but
Learning, Education & Growth
Study Skills: The Reading Mesh
At the edges of Manhattan’s East Village are a cluster of student residence
halls for New York University, more
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Beyond the 1 hour meeting
The 1 hour slot has long been the default meeting duration – whether team
gatherings, introductory coffees, or job interviews.
While
Mindsets & Growth
7 Lessons from Jim Collins on The Tim Ferriss Show
> “I’m not really a business author; I just happen to have used companies as the
method to study