Issue #28
In this edition: New Skills for Work, strategic questioning, to-do lists as menus, theme park design, the joy of missing out, guidance counselors, icebreakers, heavy metal, toasters, clickers, and more.
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ISSUE #27
In this edition: Filament Friday, the 23-minute distraction, phone-free networking, eulogy virtues, untouchable days, the half-time hybrid sweet spot, rubber bands, Mozart's bird, and more.
Issue #26
In this edition: confident companies, robot salespeople, Hanlon's Razor, the Shirkey Principle, rituals of friction, the half-life of careers, an amazing commercial, LEGO kits, movie scripts, and more.
Issue #25
In this edition: the fallacy of meeting pre-work, limiting humility, expanding work, the psychology of rock-paper-scissors, varnish, onions, sausages, and more.
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.
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