April 2, 2026
kids don’t play to pass time—they play to build capability. Fun is not the goal. Growth is. The joy is a byproduct of getting better.
March 18, 2026
The real business book ROI comes not from royalties, but from the authority platform it creates. The result: consulting contracts, keynotes, and workbooks and coaching that gets 10-30x your direct book sales. Learn the reframed strategy that turns your manuscript into a revenue-generating asset that compounds for decades.
March 12, 2026
Skill distance can quietly reshape norms inside elite institutions ie a large gap between expert and novice becomes very large, people tolerate behavior they would reject in ordinary settings. When Genius Runs the Kitchen At Noma, René Redzepi built one of the most influential restaurants in the world. Former employees describe […]
February 26, 2026
AI is a rearview mirror—it only knows what has already happened. You are the windshield. In the AI economy, your uniqueness matters. Here are 10 assets for your resume that show your uniqueness.
February 16, 2026
Emerging economies own unique problem domains where their talent can lead globally. They can build world-class implementation expertise rather than only consuming technology. Rapid talent ecosystem development is achievable at modest GDP investments. It is possible to leapfrog to advanced applications rather than rebuild legacy systems. They have the talent pool to do just that.
January 29, 2026
When someone asks “where are you from,” do you pause, calculate, wonder which version of yourself to reveal? In a world of digital nomads, hybrid work, and lives split across continents, belonging has become the question we avoid because the answer might be everywhere, nowhere, or something that doesn’t fit […]
January 21, 2026
I am speaking on “Using Behavioral Science to Redesign Talent Management for the AI Economy”. The industrial economy valued interchangeability of talent as a way to run assembly lines. Using that mindset to operate in the AI Economy is the reason why workplaces are struggling. Your AI strategy is accidentally […]
January 18, 2026
For 150 years, we developed leaders using a model borrowed from manufacturing: interchangeability. Successful leadership in the AI Economy will depend on the Uniqueness Premium. The design principle will be “Identity First, Competency Second.” The industrial age needed reliable leaders who executed consistently. We got very good at developing them. […]
January 15, 2026
Mikel Cirkus has an unusual job: he identifies trends before they become trends. His secret weapon isn't big data or AI—it's 62 hand-drawn notebooks filled with sketches, observations, and fragments of conversations that eventually connect into groundbreaking ideas.