When I’m bigger
My sons tell fantastic stories about what they’re going to do and be when they’re grown up: spies, taxi drivers, race-car drivers, generals, fathers of… Read More »When I’m bigger
creativity
In it to win it (2): OK Go on the sandbox theory of how to find a wonderful idea
This may seem to you like testing, but it really isn’t, because at this point we don’t yet know what our idea is: we don’t… Read More »In it to win it (2): OK Go on the sandbox theory of how to find a wonderful idea
Neil Gaiman on reading fiction, empathy and changing the world
“Fiction has two uses. Firstly, it’s a gateway drug to reading. The drive to know what happens next, to want to turn the page, the… Read More »Neil Gaiman on reading fiction, empathy and changing the world
Fewer inputs, greater output (1)
More than ever, we’re aware that our energy and attention are scarce resources. How are you stewarding yours? Rather than starting with the fear that… Read More »Fewer inputs, greater output (1)
Just one chapter
If you could write a book – any kind of book – with a group of other people, who would they be? What would the… Read More »Just one chapter
Little jobs
There’s a lot to be said for batching – saving up similar jobs and then working through them efficiently in one go. But doing little… Read More »Little jobs
Typo (2): error rate
The other thing about typos is how few we actually make relative to the attention we pay to them. A single spelling or grammar mistake… Read More »Typo (2): error rate
W. Brian Arthur on combinatorial innovation
The idea … that we have is that there’s some genius in an attic… cooking up technology and coming up with inventions. But it started… Read More »W. Brian Arthur on combinatorial innovation
Caterina Fake: 5 Cs
If you look at all of the companies that I’ve been involved with and the investments that I’ve made, they are companies that emphasise creativity,… Read More »Caterina Fake: 5 Cs
A chip in everything: build me, share me
Or what about a chip in every Lego brick, or every nail? Build me You tell your AI what you’re building later, and it crawls… Read More »A chip in everything: build me, share me