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Some thoughts from watching a demo of a Software Dark Factory.
Contrary to popular opinion, you don’t have to give up your life to build a successful business. Though what success means, and what ‘giving up your life’ means depends on you.
What we can learn from the disorienting changes hitting the software industry, and how we can use that to improve at sensemaking this uncertain new technology.
Two decades ago, the US military funded some research into how humans sensemake. This piece is about that theory — the best theory of sensemaking that we have — why it matters for expertise, and how...
It’s quite rare to find an executive training program that’s very effective — one that has worked across multiple companies, and has spat out a whole host of CEOs. The Kraft system is one.
Keeping up with a fast changing, revolutionary technology can seem scary. Here are some ruthless guidelines to make sense of it effectively.
If you're looking for demand BEFORE you have customers, The Heart of Innovation has the best approach for this situation. Here are its best ideas.
A first attempt at putting the two theories of Accelerated Expertise (2016) to practice — in a live course, with real students. A field report from use.
Some non-obvious, even surprising things about building competitive moats, including when they might not be necessary.
To do well in business, it helps to want to make money. The end of the Asian Conglomerate Series.
Our attempt at applying two theories of accelerated expertise to the first cohort of Speedrunning the Idea Maze.
A live course, limited to 45 people. Applications close 16th January.
How Kwek Leng Beng turned a regional business into a global hotel empire, trampling over a distressed Donald Trump in the process. Part of the Asian Conglomerate Series.
Why successful investors and businesspeople tell you to learn from business history — and what they do so survivorship bias isn’t a problem.
What it looks like when an Asian tycoon gets good at the game of business.