Philipp Rimmler

Inspiration exists, but it has to find you working — Pablo Picasso

To avoid it, luxury companies have to maintain and grow their distinction as they scale.

All true. But that is why leaders are paid. Not to state the obvious but to take the company to tomorrow.

These articles argue is that most entrepreneurs default to “competing” without even thinking about it. I’d add that this bias is matched by a habit of the customer to compare.

New behaviors — behaviors we’ve committed to with consistent actions — will make teams think about each other differently and commit to working together in different and better ways.

Producing less, and making items less available, is a way to increase their value and justify high prices. But, as Diane Rovel, a fictional character at the top of the world’s biggest luxury conglomerate in La Maison TV show, said, “please don’t talk to me about de-growth.”

“When you read your notebooks, you remeet ideas. You reintroduce them to who you are now.” That’s from writer Max Porter’s interview in the book The Work of Art . (As you may know, I’m a huge believer in the importance of revisiting notebooks.)

As more and more of us continue to buy in, then, it’ll be harder and harder to avoid the algorithmic gaze and the way it shapes our communication.