Maybe the journey isn’t so much about becoming anything. Maybe it’s about un-becoming everything that really isn’t you, so you can be who you were meant to be in the first place.

Be like Tim.

How to Write – A memo drafted by David Ogilvy on September 7, 1982, for the management to circulate as they saw fit.

a feeling of connection to things larger than ourselves.

Growth Mindset. Persistence. Grit. How real learning happens.

In a world suffering under algorithmic, finance-driven thinking gone wild, we need something to fight back with. We need something that makes a difference—not in the classroom, but in the world at large, and inside powerful organizations.

International Women’s Day: Shining a spotlight on brilliant thinkers.

As a knowledge worker, your mind is your most important tool. You can improve the way you use this tool by studying the way brilliant thinkers conduct research, connect ideas, solve problems and make decisions.

Using the knowledge gained by previous thinkers is also one of the fastest ways to make intellectual progress. To “stand on the shoulders of giants” is to upload these brilliant thinkers’ understanding to your own mind, to build on top of it, to share your new insights, and to keep on fostering our collective intelligence.

This series of portraits explores the thought processes, working habits, and decision-making principles applied by brilliant thinkers who profoundly impacted the world with their discoveries and the way they challenged the status quo.

→ Brilliant Thinkers, Ness Labs.

Changing how people communicate will always change the world.