Matthew Homann

In this edition, Filament's year ahead, building brag documents, using difficulty, magic erasers, meetings as plays, tattoos, TicTacs, hornless reindeer, pasta playlists, and more.

In this issue: the PowerPoint innovation dilemma, strategic life planning, deciding better, building brave spaces, intellectual humility, laws of simplicity, sci-fi crews, weekly crying, and more.

In this edition: dotted lines, Groucho clubs, specialness spirals, circles of competence, collecting compliments, cosmic schmucks, toothbrush problems, neverending songs and more.

In this edition: Filament Friday, saltshaker leadership, AI innovation, origins of office-speak, bad note-taking apps, Napoleon's Kindle, chimp-pigs, sleep baseball, and more.

In this edition: innovation hours, new skills for work, product strategy, acronymed frameworks, dying jobs, ancient maps, worldwide sunsets, zombies, and more.

Welcome to Idea Surplus Disorder. In this edition: leadership lessons, "spiky" points of view, silence as a superpower, holiday small-talk guide, thinking in metaphors, gadget catalogs, corn mazes, superglue, and more. I’m Matt Homann, the founder of Filament, and I’m glad you’re here! Ideas + Insights

In this issue, Thinksgiving 2024, how to party with us, amateur presenting, zombie projects, ghosting clients, failure safety, leadership teams, art titles, predictability, spy thrillers, and more.

In this issue, why marketing doesn't really age, delegation tips, technology's speed, the allure of rabbit holes, unfriendly futures, creepy dolls, Scooby Doo, David Pumpkins, and more.

In this edition: Thinksgiving Thursday, why to maximize for optimism, the origin of the term "soft" skills, transformational creativity, imaginative strategy, business model disruption, the Christmas Tree Effect, what we "see" inside our heads, dashed lines, and more.

In this edition: deep reading, complex problems, super-busyness, super-linearity, Super Mario, stupidity, and more.