Your weekly dose of innovation, ideation, and inspiration from Matt Homann.
In this edition of Idea Surplus Disorder: the Persuasion Paradox, digit-centered pricing, afternoon caffeine, two great questions, weak ties, why annual planning fails, paper folds, black dots, trees, underwater photos, and more!
In this edition: extreme brainstorming, teams-in-name-only, buying time by saying no, voice notes, compliment sandwiches, banishing guilt, Pink Panther themes, crying babies, and more.
In this issue, a Filament framework to kick off every meeting, why strategy and planning aren't the same thing, the pursuit of useless knowledge, logic boxes, crayons, cheese, robots, Ferris Bueller, and more.
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 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.
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