He couldn't cross the road
On the many intelligences we carry, why we reward the few that are easy to measure, and the subtle waste - mottainai - of every gift we never think to grow.
Why watermelons are a problem
A project can be Green on the outside and Red underneath. Watermelon reporting isn't really a reporting problem — it's what happens when telling the truth becomes personally expensive.
Your call is very important to us
On why people always move to your behaviour, not your words - and why that's not cynicism, but exactly how trust works.
It nearly cost him the business
On what hierarchy is actually for, and why flattening the org chart rarely fixes the thing you're annoyed about.
The shed at the bottom of the garden
On Oscar Wilde, a 2,500-year-old wheelwright, and the truth that the things most worth knowing can't be taught, only earned.
But I told them
On the four levels a message gets stuck at, and how to tell whether you actually landed it or just let go of it.
Distribution is power
On why distribution - not the idea - is the real lever, and the difference between a channel you own and one you rent.
Teach, don't read the slides
People hand a workshop teacher the things they can't get back — time, energy, attention. On why running one is teaching, not facilitating, and the craft that difference demands.
Protect the dreamers
On protecting the fragile beginnings of ideas, in others and in yourself.
Start at the end
A practical guide to backcasting: mountains, waypoints, the grid, and the conversation everyone skips.
Two people invented the telephone
On the same February day in 1876, two men filed patents for the telephone, hours apart. Which tells you something about genius: the idea was never the rare part. On why the lone-genius story is almost always a team with the room cropped out.
There Is No Waze for Creative Work - Clarity at Work
Why clarity matters in messy creative work. We don't need to know every turn, but without a clear destination, good people can spend enormous effort going in the wrong direction.