Issue #24

In this edition: more New Skills for Work, generational similarities, intelligent problem solving, speed reading, soul-crushing dismissiveness, alter-egos, stop-motion Samauri, sleeping with socks on, the Griswold's Family Truckster, and more.

Issue #23

In this edition: some new Filament events, why the best ideas come at the end, how large projects always go over budget, yelling in disasters, writing with monkeys, and more.

Issue #22

In this edition: more Filament events, the five D's of meetings, using questions to build a strategy, compounding ideas, avoiding overconfidence, science fiction, opposite movies, a Lego Shining, and more.

Issue #21

In this edition: doing what can't be copied, shower thinking, rivers of attention, the eleven rules for a better life, workplace jargon, charismatic robots, riskiness at the edge, Mark Twain's email apology, and more.

Idea Surplus Disorder #20

In this edition: building your encyclopedia of happiness, the benefits for women of walking negotiations, non-consultative consulting, collaborative sulking, the power of 85%, sleep, mouth gestures, maps, and more.

Idea Surplus Disorder #19

In this edition: the problem with cascading goals, the tyranny of convenience, the insufficient weirdness hypothesis, a meeting cost calculator, the value of collaborating with strangers, Norm's Cheers entrances, and more.

Idea Surplus Disorder #18

In this edition: 15.87% bad ideas, how much to fail, thin rules, hybrid work, microvalidations, smidgens, hot dogs, ancestors, and more.

Idea Surplus Disorder #17

In this edition: the Thinksgiving kickoff, a time-based-billing apocalypse, decision-making roles, the first org chart, mentorship, Socrates, a disgusting food test, horrific safety posters, and more.

Idea Surplus Disorder #16

In this edition: the Business Book Club kickoff, time billionaires, mediocrity, luck, fashion pricing, the three-day-office, Italian gas pumps, the best pens, simple news, and more.

Idea Surplus Disorder Issue #15

In this week's edition: a Thinksgiving kickoff, better big-group networking, quitting, phone rituals, antelope, field mice, German Hi-Fi, and more.