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The power of diverse thinking.

“Success is no longer about individual talent, knowledge or skill. Success is about freeing ourselves from the blind spots that beset us all, and pooling our collective intelligence.” ~ learn more

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Making decisions.

There’s something both surprising and pleasant about a 20-something year old sharing her wisdom about life. “I’ve written about how there are things you can only learn over time, and not by any brute force. This realization continues to unlock […]

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How to (actually) use ChatGPT.

The first useful tip is to tell the chatbot what role you want it to play. For example, “I want you to act as a travel guide….” gets you a much more detailed response to a question like “what are […]

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Monster vs. enemy.

“Pick a monster, not an enemy. The difference might be subtle, but it’s a big one…” ~ learn more

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Titles.

Gokul Rajaram, whose LinkedIn profile shows him as “Product and Business Helper” at Doordash, advises CEOs at the earliest stages of companies to hold the line on titles. Oh, he’s also a Board Member at Pinterest and Coinbase and a […]

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The Cynefin framework.

This framework offers five “domains” from which decisions are made: complex, complicated, chaotic, clear and confusion. In the clear context, for example, you want to apply best practices. But in the chaotic, where cause and effect are unclear, “Action—any action—is […]

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Sometimes it just takes a phone call.

One person charges $480/hr to help Millennials and Gen Z overcome their fear of talking on the phone. “Mary Jane Copps said she spotted the rise of “phone phobia” 16 years ago and set up a consultancy called The Phone […]

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Finding fulfillment.

Jason Cohen explores the topic of fulfillment. He highlights prior art on the topic then adds his own spin. “What follows is my original framework I used to answer this question for myself eight years ago when I made the […]