Idea Surplus Disorder #89
In this week's edition: the death of critical thinking, the problems with strategy consulting, culture decks, robot replacements, obstetricians, Chinese cuisines, American cartoons, rocket-engine fireplaces, and more.
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Idea Surplus Disorder #88
This week, there's a mix of old and new for you to enjoy, including Friday's SuperCollider, a Bluesky invitation, the explore/exploit continuum, the two-day rule, more walls, fewer screens, Magic 8-balls, rubber band guns, and more.
Idea Surplus Disorder #87
In this edition: the tyranny of choice, AI coworkers, sympathy cards, narrative feedback, Bayesian decision-making, vintage video games, history-making recipes, Aztec death whistles, and more.
Idea Surplus Disorder #86
This week: envelope thinking, idea dumbness, grilled cheeses, mall shopping, metric-less success, playing shirori, post-it doodles, the importance of ThinkWeeks, some work-in-progress from Filament, and more.
Idea Surplus Disorder #85
In this week's edition: Startup SuperCollider, living beyond hope, critical ignoring, the scourge of screens, Chesterton's fence, ice cream music, book toilets, comic ads, the first Idea Surplus Disorder podcast, and more.
Idea Surplus Disorder #84
Welcome to Idea Surplus Disorder! This week: Thinksgiving, cards for feedback, managerial questions, writes vs. write-nots, complexity vs. chaos, overfunctioners, tautophrases, plaids, lunar photos, Rubik's cubes, and more.
I'm Matt Homann, and I'm glad you're here.
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Idea Surplus Disorder #83
In this week's Idea Surplus Disorder: Grand Canyon focus, micro-meetings, vacation emails, accountability sinks, vintage strategy, participation trophies, SNL product logos, seventeenth-century death roulette, and more.
Idea Surplus Disorder #82
In this week's edition: innovation speed, the cost of low performers, delegation frameworks, communication misfires, rapid idea generation, poor decision making, and why learning from failure might not be as common as we think.
Idea Surplus Disorder #81
In this week's edition, art appreciation, beginning ahead, AI crutches, tips for reluctant speakers, managing academics, bygone bowling alleys, best puns, horror movies, work physics, and more.
Idea Surplus Disorder #80
This week: imagination engines, future-proofing your org, advertising tropes, thermometers vs. thermostats, Zimbardo perspectives, productivity hacks, imaginary scars, people as sunsets, facilitation protocols, and more.