The Whiteboard

This is why for the past eight years or so I've been maintaining a single document where I keep all my hunches: ideas for articles, speeches, software features, startups, ways of framing a chapter I know I'm going to write, even whole books. I now keep it as a Google document so I can update it from wherever I happen to be. There's no organizing pr... See more

You don't need to learn any new hard skills to manage your AI intern. You just need to transfer over the same soft skills you've developed over your life collaborating with people. And, like any good working relationship, success comes down to the basics: clear communication, iterative feedback, shared context, and understanding your partner's stre... See more

Spotify’s story illustrates a crucial insight from decades of psychological research: the most significant breakthroughs often emerge from nonlinear paths. Yet, we cling to goal setting methods that promise certainty and control.

The best advice doesn’t come as a barrage of statements but rather from a series of questions, asked by someone playing devil’s advocate. Rarely will an advisor know more than you do about your domain of expertise but that doesn’t mean an outside voice is useless. Pointed questions force you to defend your choices. A healthy debate challenges your

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We are all agents within a complex adaptive system, and we’re systems ourselves. so we might as well get good at it.