It's easy to get focused on the public-facing mouth of the funnel. More followers. More impressions. More buzz, hype, promotion. Get the word out. Just about all the time people who call them ...
It's an important question. Lots of opportunities come with one, and going in with your eyes open helps avoid problems later. Two challenges: Sometimes, a really good opportunity doesn'
In 1970, when Walter Cronkite was narrating current events for the United States, he was 54 years old. Hitchcock made his last film when he was 77. When there's a limited number of slots for ...
It's possible to have a useful conversation about what to do about something that's broken or needs improvement. But first, we must acknowledge that it happened. It's not controve ...
It's surprisingly easy to be generous and find solutions to our friend's problems. Much easier than it is to do it for ourselves. Why? There are two useful reasons, I think. FIRST, beca ...
That's not true for a screwdriver. Or a table saw or even a spatula. These are useful tools, but they don't pretend to be well-informed or wise. They're dumb, and they look dumb t ...
Expertise and firmly held beliefs don't always go together. Here's a simple XY grid to help us choose where to sit at whatever table we're invited to: Plenty of well-trained profe ...
Dreams are fine. And dreams involve contradictions. We want this AND that, but both can't happen. That's what keeps them from being plans. Plans embrace boundaries and reality, they don ...
Sometimes, we're so afraid of creation that we don't even leave blank pages around. If your workspace has a hole exactly the size of a creative idea in it, you're more likely to f ...
This week is the 150th anniversary of the most important failed art exhibit of all time. It was organized by and featured artists who weren't even among those that had a slot at the runner ...