Your weekly dose of innovation, ideation, and inspiration from Matt Homann.
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.
In this edition: Lauren Fast joins the Filament team, Thinksgiving sponsorship opportunities, toxic positivity, imposter syndrome, the curse of project management tools, science fiction, Seth Godin, Land of the Lost, murmuration, cats, and more.
In this edition: how to get GROSS with your bloated processes, reset with some Dutch niksen, why to make meetings hard to schedule, what you can learn from others' 1-star reviews, artistic leaf raking, cutting things in half, and more.
In this edition: when coordination beats collaboration, why strategy models have a shelf life, better Gen Z feedback, how handwriting helps us learn, innovation sandwiches, Aztecs, short films, fake belly buttons, and more.
In this edition: why performance ratings don't work, the Impossibility Theorem, difficult conversations, cognitive bias, movie quoting, front-foot confidence, Bowie's books, bears in the woods, and more.
This week, we've got Hollywood show-running rules, bad meeting stats, customer behavior hacks, weird AI writing, lying pants, sharp knives, spaghetti mayhem, and more.
In this edition, our worst review ever, some fun Filament events, longcuts, hard things, guess culture, random bees, Johnny Cash, Kmart music, and more
In this edition: Filament's September programming, forgiveness at work, starting with the monkey, brag documents, the Bee Gees, yo-yo magic, and more.
Welcome to another edition of Idea Surplus Disorder. I’m Matt Homann, the founder of Filament, and I’m glad you’re here! I'
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