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Continue reading →: The Thinking We Never SeeWe’re quick to dismiss writing that sounds AI-generated. But what if AI was part of someone’s thinking process, not just their writing? Perhaps we’re judging the finished words without considering the thought that went into them.
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Continue reading →: What If We Worked Like Time Was Borrowed?In Robert Greene’s book, The Laws of Human Nature, he made me think about how we approach work. In the final chapter, Greene explores our tendency to live as though death is something distant. Something we know will happen, of course, but rarely consider when making everyday decisions. We behave…
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Continue reading →: The Best System Isn’t Always the Smartest OneI recently learned that a former client of mine had passed away, and it brought back memories of the work we did together. One project in particular has stayed with me because, although I didn’t realise it at the time, it taught me something about what it actually means to…
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Continue reading →: New TerritoryThere is something rather surreal about entering completely new territory at a point in life when you thought you had become fairly familiar with the terrain. People around you begin talking about the things that tend to occupy this particular season of adulthood. Long-postponed trips. Businesses they finally have time…
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Continue reading →: How Much of What We Believe Is Actually Ours?We usually think of consent as having enough information to make a decision. You know your options. You understand the facts. Nobody is forcing you. You choose. But what happens when the environment in which you make that choice has already been carefully constructed for you? Have you heard of…
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Continue reading →: The Ringelmann Effect: When Everyone Does Their Part, But the Work Still Falls ApartHave you ever worked on a project where there were plenty of people involved, everyone seemed busy, and yet somehow… things still fell through the cracks? I have. It made me think of this when I read about the Ringelmann effect. Back in the late 19th century, Max Ringelmann studied…
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Continue reading →: The Conversation Is the New Search QueryChatGPT now has ads. And while that might sound like just another advertising platform to add to the growing list of places businesses can spend their marketing budget, I think there’s something more interesting happening underneath. OpenAI is building advertising into ChatGPT, where ads can be shown separately from the…
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Continue reading →: The Cobra in the SystemThere’s a famous story about colonial India that goes something like this. Delhi had a problem with cobras, so the British government offered a cash reward for every dead cobra brought in. The idea was pretty straightforward: reward people for catching cobras, and eventually there should be fewer cobras. Except…
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Continue reading →: Where Is the Current Taking You?I’ve always been a bit of a black sheep. As far back as I can remember, I’ve never been particularly good at following rules simply because everyone else was following them. If someone told me, “This is how it’s done,” there was usually a “But why?” somewhere in my head.…
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Continue reading →: Ep 06 – Some monsters look niceThere’s something I want you to understand early in life, Diwa, because I think it may become one of the most important skills you ever develop. Not intelligence. Not confidence. Not even success. I think one of the most important things a person can learn is discernment. The ability to…
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