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The Architecture of Insight
The Architecture of Insight
Insight is not luck. It comes from making space for curiosity, reflection, and the disciplined work of connecting what others leave separate. Read more...
Your Brain Is Killing Your Ideas (And Calling It Common Sense)
Your Brain Is Killing Your Ideas (And Calling It Common Sense)
“Common sense” can protect us from bad decisions, but it can also stop a new idea before it has a chance to become useful. Read more...
Rewired Brains, AI's Hidden Costs, and the New IP Frontier
Rewired Brains, AI's Hidden Costs, and the New IP Frontier
AI can help us create faster, but the real work is still human: asking better questions, making better choices, and owning the ideas we build. Read more...
The Idea Economy: What It Means to Live as an Idea Citizen
The Idea Economy: What It Means to Live as an Idea Citizen
We live in the strangest moment for ideas in a generation. More of them are being produced, shared, remixed, and ignored than at any other point in working history. LinkedIn... Read more...
The State of Ideas in 2026
The State of Ideas in 2026: What Recent Research Tells Us About How We Think, Create, and Share
The past year has been an unusually rich one for the science and practice of ideation, with researchers at Duke, Harvard, Stanford, the Université de Montréal, and elsewhere publishing findings... Read more...
When Growth Comes From Two Directions at Once
When Growth Comes From Two Directions at Once
There’s a particular kind of tension that only shows up once a brand starts to work. Not the early uncertainty of whether anyone will buy, but the more complex question... Read more...
When Scaling Exposes the Founder’s Limits
When Scaling Exposes the Founder’s Limits
There’s a particular moment in fast‑growing companies when success creates a new kind of pressure. The idea worked. The market responded. People showed up with money, enthusiasm, and expectations. Suddenly,... Read more...
When a Business Has Momentum but No Money
When a Business Has Momentum but No Money
There’s a specific kind of frustration that shows up after the early excitement wears off. The concept is solid. The branding is thoughtful. People say encouraging things. You hear “this... Read more...
Why Selling AI Fails Before the Pitch Even Starts
Why Selling AI Fails Before the Pitch Even Starts
The hardest part of selling AI is rarely the technology itself. It’s the moment just before the conversation really begins, when someone hears about a new tool and quietly wonders... Read more...
What If Learning Disabilities Aren’t “Just the Way It Is”?
What If Learning Disabilities Aren’t “Just the Way It Is”?
There’s a moment that keeps replaying in my head from my conversation with Dr. Coral Hoh, and it’s not a statistic or a technological breakthrough. It’s something much quieter, and... Read more...
If Nonprofits Don’t Shape AI, Someone Else Will—and We May Not Like the Outcome
If Nonprofits Don’t Shape AI, Someone Else Will—and We May Not Like the Outcome
Every time a new wave of AI panic washes through LinkedIn, I notice the same pattern. The loudest voices are usually reacting to what technology could do rather than asking who... Read more...
We Don’t Have a Branding Problem. We Have an Idea Problem.
We Don’t Have a Branding Problem. We Have an Idea Problem.
Most of us don’t need another framework, another posting schedule, or another reminder to “show up consistently.” What we actually need is a better relationship with our own thinking—and more... Read more...