This week in Idea Surplus Disorder: What ATMs and iPhones teach us about disruption, why simplicity loses to complexity, and a single question to see your own work more clearly.
This week in Idea Surplus Disorder: Why most meetings fail, how to make better gut decisions, and a hard-won lesson about loving work that doesn't love you back.
Most meetings fail because nobody's clear on what kind of conversation they're having. Filament's Dream, Debate, Decide, Do framework gives leadership teams a simple way to fix that before the meeting ever starts.
This week: a reframe that gave a roomful of cautious leaders permission to take risks, a simple question from Kevin Kelly that might change how you start your mornings, and a handful of tools for thinking more clearly about the things you're most certain about.
I'm happy for us to pay tuition to learn a lesson, but I'll be damned if I'm willing for us to pay to take the same class twice." One CEO's reframe changed how her entire leadership team thought about risk.
This week in Idea Surplus Disorder: a simple question to clarify expectations, sobering data on how poorly we listen, why AI may intensify work instead of reduce it, and how “evidence-based” thinking can kill bold ideas.
"Would you rather have it at 75% tomorrow, or 95% next week?" This simple question surfaces mismatched expectations before anyone over-invests or gets frustrated.
This week in Idea Surplus Disorder: a deceptively simple icebreaker for deeper connection, why “preparing” isn’t progress, when AI is actually worth delegating to, and how writing creates real leverage. Plus, habits to let go of in 2026 and a question that unlocks team optimism.
This week’s Idea Surplus Disorder marks a reset. A cleaner design, new sections, a weekly question, and some of my own writing. I hope you like it!