July 17, 2026
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.
July 9, 2026
Everyone talks about “the future of work” like it’s one single thing arriving on one single date. Our work identity is evolving. The rise of independent talent is a good place to understand the meaning of work Do We Just Make Up Jobs? Yes The 9 to 5, the pension, […]
July 7, 2026
Roger Federer did not just play tennis better than everyone else. He made everyone else feel they were playing a different sport. The Day Pete Sampras Knew In 2001, Pete Sampras was the greatest tennis player alive. Seven Wimbledon titles. Fourteen Grand Slams. He had seen every opponent imaginable. Then […]
June 29, 2026
Imagine a love letter to the lost skill of paying attention. That is this book complete with 131 bite-sized exercises that wake you up to a world you see but don’t notice. The Art of Noticing by Rob Walker is an invitation for anyone who has ever looked at their […]
June 28, 2026
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
June 26, 2026
You have certainly heard that, “you will be replaced by someone who uses AI.” It sounds logical. It may be the wrong bet. The most dangerous career advice circulating right now is this: learn AI tools or become irrelevant. You have certainly heard that, “you will be replaced by someone who uses […]
June 26, 2026
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.
June 23, 2026
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.
June 17, 2026
Power isn't a personality trait reserved for the bold and the loud.
It's a skill. A learnable, practiceable, improvable skill.
And the people who refuse to learn it don't become more virtuous for it.
They just become invisible.