26 2026 March
Words That Don’t Exist (Yet) – A Big New Book Announcement!
If you happen to catch some of the news coming out of SXSW last week, you’ll already know that I made a big announcement from...
Read Now12 2026 March
Secrets of Human Connection and My Deeply Personal Annual Challenge
You know when they describe a moment as a calm before the storm? That was last night in Austin as I prepared for a whirlwind...
Read Now18 2026 February
These Professors Just Proved the Power of Having a Visual Metaphor for Your Strategy
Strategy comes to life when you can make it visual. That’s probably not news for most of you, but an article from HBR this week dug a...
Read Now28 2026 January
How Technology is Rethinking Songs and Musical Instruments
Yesterday Eleven Labs announced a collaboration with Grammy award winning artists like Liza Minnelli and Art Garfunkel to use their AI tools to compose and perform all-new...
Read Now15 2026 January
5 Non-Obvious Takeaways from the World’s Largest Tech Show
I spent several days touring the trade show floor talking with tech experts, trying out demos, encountering lots of weird robots and interviewing people about their visions...
Read Now23 2025 December
How To Create an Obvious Christmas Song in 4 Easy Steps
If the songs and movies all around this December are feeling formulaic, that’s because they are … a fact perfectly brought to life in this...
Read Now08 2025 December
How the Breakers Might Make Everything Better … Just After They Destroy It
Back in the year 2000, I remember driving to a client meeting on the streets of Sydney and sitting in the car outside their office...
Read Now04 2025 December
The 2025 Non-Obvious Holiday Gift Guide
Today we continue with my annual Non-Obvious Holiday Gift Guide, featuring a few products that caught my eye throughout the past year. 7. Delayed Gratification...
Read Now03 2025 December
The 2025 Non-Obvious Holiday Gift Guide
Today we continue with my annual Non-Obvious Holiday Gift Guide, featuring a few products that caught my eye throughout the past year. 5. Montblanc Digital...
Read Now13 2025 November
Insights about the Future of Writing from Industry Professionals …
At the annual Gathering of the Ghosts event in NY, AI was a hot topic as sessions focused on the business of writing and the future of...
Read Now03 2025 November
The Personal Exoskeletons Are Coming—Here’s What It Means
Nike just announced a groundbreaking new sneaker that includes an advanced exoskeleton to make walking and running easier. It’s essentially a bionic shoe. The upside...
Read Now20 2025 October
This Homework Motivation Pen Could Transform How We Learn
Every time I work out, my health app gives me a “Strive Score” that tells me how hard I worked and how much I pushed...
Read Now17 2025 October
AI Matchmaking and How Expertise Is About to Be Scaled
There is an elite $2000-per-month matchmaking service called Three Day Rule that made news this week for their choice to create an AI matchmaking app...
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