I’ll be walking again this Saturday for a very worthy cause. I’ve done this walk for many years now. Always
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We’ve Left The Attention Economy… Welcome To The Intimacy Economy
Maybe the viral moment isn’t dead… maybe it just got too personal? Remember when the internet felt shared?When we all
Continue readingIntegrity > Innovation
Do you believe great innovation is about brilliance? A single spark… a genius in a garage… a new way to
Continue readingThe New Leadership Operating System
We talk a lot about leadership values. Mission statements… guiding principles. Walls covered in words like integrity, innovation and excellence.
Continue readingYour Face Is The Next Platform
The face is becoming a platform. Not a product category… a battleground for presence, privacy and persuasion.We moved computing from
Continue readingScaling Character In The Age Of Scale
It’s one thing to scale a company. It’s another thing to scale your character at the same time… And in
Continue readingWhat Can Stop The Brain Rot?
Let’s not bury the lede… it’s reading books. We don’t talk enough about what books do to the brain.Not what
Continue readingDynamic Pricing Is Dynamically Breaking Us
Remember when prices were… the price? A ticket cost $40. A carton of milk was $2.49. A hardcover book was
Continue readingVibe Coding And The Illusion Of Magic
We used to think of coding as learning a new language… a complicated and ever-evolving language. Precise rules, arcane commands
Continue readingLogos Lie. Names Distract. Ideas Matter.
I read a new book recently that sent me spiralling. It made me realize just how primitive… and primal we
Continue readingAmbient Disassociation – The Social Media Collapse?
Maybe this is it? Maybe these are the last days of social media. Not because people are logging off in protest. Not
Continue readingThe Battle For Signal In The Noise
Lately I’ve been thinking less about “consumption” and more about “sensemaking.” We’re swimming in infinite feeds, endless alerts, never-ending scrolls
Continue readingWhen Value Becomes A Trillion
Elon Musk might be on track to become the world’s first trillionaire. But the headline isn’t the number.The real story
Continue readingFrom Six Pixels Of Separation To Thinking With Mitch Joel
One thousand. It’s a big number.. it’s also a strange number. When I started Six Pixels of Separation back in
Continue readingWhen Everything Becomes A Number
We like to believe that numbers tell the truth. That when you quantify something, you’ve captured it.That a metric is
Continue readingThe Real Test Of AI Is The Human One
Every new invention looks obvious in hindsight. Electricity… the printing press… the internet.But at the time? Few really knew what
Continue readingFrom The Attention Economy To The Intimacy Economy
I can’t shake the feeling that something’s gone missing… and when I get this feeling I also start feeling that
Continue readingAI Can Make Smart People Smarter (And Everyone Else Sloppier)
Every new technology sparks similar fears… It’s making us dumber… It’s making us lazier… It’s making us weaker… Television will
Continue readingWe Who Wrestle With AI
They sound like us. Full sentences… polished pauses… even the occasional joke or quip (if you’ve spent time using ChatGPT
Continue readingCulture Rot In The Age Of Screens
We used to worry that smartphones were melting our attention spans. Turns out the bigger story may be how they’re
Continue readingWhere AI Ends And Leadership Begins
The white collar worker warning is that AI will replace us. That the systems we’ve built will scale faster than
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