This week: why certainty of doom keeps us stuck, 188 cognitive biases worth spotting, Ursula K. Le Guin on creativity, signs of a self-defeating organization, smarter ways to prioritize, and the dangers of AI autopilot. Plus, art, cocktails, and dinner for 1,500.
This week: the skills technology is quietly stealing, finding the hard core of a problem, why deciding twice might be better than deciding once, and making change easier. Plus, condiments, Kevin Bacon, and train rides around the world.
This week: why efficiency kills magic, the busywork we mistake for progress, how rules make saying "no" easy, what org charts miss, why organizational change is so hard, and the systems that take on lives of their own.
This week: building a meaningful life, the better question to ask after something goes wrong, a $100 fix for free-event no-shows, the hidden side effects of measurable goals, why management frameworks should be tailored like clothes, and a smarter way to choose which AI model works best for you.
This week: hyperselection and the cost of optimizing everything, what selective liking can teach businesses about choosing customers, why work has gone quiet, what fiction does for social cognition, and how AI risks making every company think with the same brain.
This week: hyperselection and the cost of optimizing everything, what selective liking can teach businesses about choosing customers, why work has gone quiet, what fiction does for social cognition, and how AI risks making every company think with the same brain.
This week: why getting out of your chair might make you better at your work, what happens when AI improves performance without improving learning, what work gives us beyond a paycheck, why writing things down still matters, and what your meetings might be telling you about your leadership.
This week: why naming an AI agent may make us less careful, what a perfectionism audit can reveal, why ordinary has become so hard to accept, the difference between rest and idleness, and why a pocket notebook can still beat a phone.
This week: how leaders teach culture without realizing it, why “teamwork” isn’t a behavior, what useful friction protects us from, whether every company needs an AI Cassandra, and how prediction is making everything look the same.
This week: the hidden cost of searching for the best, how a raccoon makes dissent easier, why video calls turn us into actor, audience, and critic, and where introspection turns into rumination.