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Your Best Employees Are Too Busy To Think
Your best people aren't lazy, they're just too busy to think. They settle for "good enough" because they have no time to pause. Here's the habit one company built into every single meeting to fix it.
What No One Told You About The Nobel Prize
Albert Einstein did not get the Nobel Prize for his theory of relativity. The check of $1.2 million for the expires after 12 months. The prize is never given posthumously. Why Gandhi never won the Peace prize. Why Freud did not win ... Full of trivia this piece was first written on October 11-2010. Updated in June 2026
The Hunar of Alfred Hitchcock
Alfred Hitchcock was called the Master of Suspense. His films felt like carefully wired circuits where tension flows at unexpected moments. The master of suspense showcased his hunar that came from the strange, specific imprint of his life that he brought into his films.
The Hunar of Zaha Hadid
Talent gives you the ability to be above average with little effort. Skill is learnt, practiced and sharpened with feedback and coaching. Hunar is the difference between a skilled architect and Zaha Hadid's architecture.
Why AI Layoffs Are Hitting Young Workers First
Coal miners sent canaries into coal mines to see if the mine was safe for them. Canaries are like futurists who can warn you about the future that is impending. Stanford has built a canary dashboard for the Job Market. Here are the key findings.