The head of Corning’s Silicon Valley technology center writes about how he keeps his team innovating. This is loaded with practical advice. One of my favorites: “Relationships that extend beyond the boundaries of the organization are invaluable to acquiring and […]
Farnam Street offers an excellent write-up that highlights the importance of incentives (you can never read too much about this), and the different systems of incentives and reinforcement. This is great learning for both business leaders and parents. | learn more
Highrise CEO Nathan Kontny tells stories about what it took for successes, including painter Claude Monet and musician Justin Bieber, to break through to exposure and success. | learn more
In his book Thinking Fast and Slow, Daniel Kahneman includes a chapter about psychological priming that draws on a number of research studies. This post’s author found those studies were way too small for the level of certainty expressed in the […]
Great fundamental advice by the group worth listening to. This is appropriate for anyone building a business from the ground up. | learn more
VC Tom Tunguz details his strategy for answering the pitfall-ridden question “What do you think?” Instead of presuming to lecture someone who probably has better insight into the problem, he instead probes their decision-making process to help them find their […]
In this TED talk, the ridiculously successful investor Ray Dalio showcases how he establishes radical candor inside his hedge fund. He shares an email where an employee graded him a D- on a meeting for being unprepared, and his firm’s amazing software […]
Sebastian Marshall (who is an incredibly smart guy) writes about followup, and how it can boost your outcomes in life and business. He also gives concrete ways to improve yours. | learn more
Pro poker player Liv Boeree discusses cognitive biases that great poker players avoid at the table, and goes on to discuss real-world implications of the biases. | learn more
Maybe we’ve all been there – working on proving ourselves right rather than achieving the best outcome. This is a nice reminder about why we must avoid that! | learn more