When Marvin Gaye joined Motown, he went with his strengths. He wanted to work only in the studio. He hated touring and was sure he lacked the charisma and ...
When a six-year-old kid beats the other kids at tennis, that kid is more likely to be encouraged to play more, or to get a coach, and pretty soon, they’re ...
The little person at the control panel, the one who sees what the retina produces, the one who decides, the one who speaks up…(This is the dualist ...
If everyone visits a factory and takes a sample, it goes out of business.But if everyone in the community takes an idea, that idea goes up in value....
They’re essential. The house begins to stink if we don’t take out the garbage.But at work, while they might be essential, they may not be important. At ...
A friend’s email said, “I know many of my readers aren’t techies and you’re thinking of putting this newsletter aside…”We should get clear about what ...
Not simply in the classroom, but anywhere we hope to inform, inspire or educate:Assume enrollment. Either someone is committed to learning or they’re ...
Walk into a bank with a stocking on your head and you’re probably going to get arrested.Civil society as we know it is dependent on identity and ...
This page intentionally left blank has a long history.I thought it was an IBM thing from the 1960s, but I was off by a thousand or more years....
Pop culture depends on scarcity. When there are only a few TV stations or a dozen radio stations, it’s likely that many of us watch or hear the same thing ...