If they knew what you know (1)
Sometimes it feels awkward to ‘sell’ an idea or product, but persuading people to agree / sign up / buy what you’re selling is fine… Read More »If they knew what you know (1)
Katherine Rundell on learning from children’s books
Children’s books today do still have a ghost of their educative beginnings, but what they are trying to teach us has changed. Children’s novels, to… Read More »Katherine Rundell on learning from children’s books
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If you find it hard to give up on a book without a guilty conscience – a sense that you’ve wasted something, neglected a duty,… Read More »Page 37
Matt Ridley on the Wright Brothers: innovation is gradual
… with very few exceptions, man-made technologies evolve from previous man-made technologies and are not invented from scratch. This is a key characteristic with evolutionary… Read More »Matt Ridley on the Wright Brothers: innovation is gradual
Building trust by showing up
If it matters to you, support it by showing up when it’s happening. Come – bringing a good version of yourself* – whether you feel… Read More »Building trust by showing up
Making it happen
There’s a fine line between (a) planning your work, pacing yourself, and sticking to your office hours and ( b) when the time comes, doing… Read More »Making it happen
Seth Godin: Generous doesn’t mean free
Too often the market pushes creators to give away their work, and too often we come to believe that giving it away – removing money… Read More »Seth Godin: Generous doesn’t mean free
Vanishing time
Have a look at your calendar for the month ahead. Observe its gentle slopes and rolling plains. Time. Space. Empty air. Enjoy the illusion: the… Read More »Vanishing time
Autocatalysing innovations
Autocatalysing innovations are innovations whose outputs lead to a virtuous cycle of further adoption and innovation. Steam engines The earliest steam engines were used to… Read More »Autocatalysing innovations
“The successes pay for the failures”
They say that publishing works on this basis, with the most successful books subsidising the disappointments. Within the limits of publishing’s Rule Number One (“Remain… Read More »“The successes pay for the failures”