Your weekly dose of innovation, ideation, and inspiration from Matt Homann.
I'm happy for us to pay tuition to learn a lesson, but I'll be damned if I'm willing for us to pay to take the same class twice." One CEO's reframe changed how her entire leadership team thought about risk.
This week in Idea Surplus Disorder: a simple question to clarify expectations, sobering data on how poorly we listen, why AI may intensify work instead of reduce it, and how “evidence-based” thinking can kill bold ideas.
"Would you rather have it at 75% tomorrow, or 95% next week?" This simple question surfaces mismatched expectations before anyone over-invests or gets frustrated.
This week in Idea Surplus Disorder: a deceptively simple icebreaker for deeper connection, why “preparing” isn’t progress, when AI is actually worth delegating to, and how writing creates real leverage. Plus, habits to let go of in 2026 and a question that unlocks team optimism.
This week’s Idea Surplus Disorder marks a reset. A cleaner design, new sections, a weekly question, and some of my own writing. I hope you like it!
This edition reflects on slowing time, practicing radical candor, choosing virtue over values, and showing up more human in work, leadership, and life.
A deceptively simple icebreaker that creates real connection: one person plays Fortune Teller, the other a curious Four-Year-Old asking about their future. The twist? The "predictions" are stories from their own life. In 30 minutes, strangers become colleagues who actually know each other.
Speaking in Austin, TX on February 12 Facilitation in Chicago, IL on March 9
The Problem of Mechanistic Thinking
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