2016 Post-Election Sanity Guide
For three weeks I worked hard to put the 2016 election in some kind of context. I read selections from…
Category: General
The 7 Questions For Any Technological Idea
From Neil Postman’s lecture On Culture’s Surrender to Technology: What is the problem that this new technology solves? Whose…
My Best Posts of 2015
Best of lists are fascinating things. They have their problems, but they’re a fun way to summarize, review and…
The Problems with ‘Best Of’ Lists
I like “best of lists” as they are fun, convenient and easy to argue about with friends, but beneath…
Holiday Music That Won’t Kill You: A List
One consistent annoyance of the holiday season is the terrible music that comes along with it. It seems stores…
The Mistakes Of Writing About Company Culture
Recently the New York Times published an article called Inside Amazon: Wrestling Big Ideas in a Bruising Workplace. It describes…
Live Notes from World Domination Summit 2015
I spoke last year at The World Domination Summit about Saving Your Creative Soul, and had such an excellent…
Giveaway: A Ticket to World Domination Summit 2015
I spoke at WDS 2014 in Portland last year about Saving Your Creative Soul and had an amazing time, which…
Poll: Help me name an important event
For years I’ve struggled with Father’s Day. It was a reminder of a difficult relationship and a tough problem that…
Can bad workplace communication be fixed? An interview with Phil Simon
My friend and fellow author Phil Simon has a new book out today on on one my favorite subjects:…
Reading Group: Making Things Happen (Starts now)
One of my most popular books, Making Things Happen, was published 10 years ago. Originally titled The Art of…
Live Q&A: When should it be?
UPDATE: Poll closed. Date now set for Wednesday March 4th, 12:00pm. RSVP here. One of the promised rewards to…
Quote of the week: Pesca on Williams, Stewart and the Truth
Mike Pesca hosts The Gist podcast on Slate, one of my favorites. He had this fantastic piece on Wednesday, 2/11 which…
How Do You Make People Think?
[Every Tuesday I take the top voted question from readers and answer it. With 65 votes, this week’s winner was from…
The Burdens of Expertise
[I post every Tuesday with the top question from AskBerkun – this week I took a pass and shared this…
Edison did not invent the lightbulb (The Myth of The Lone Inventor)
[This is an excerpt from The Myths of Innovation] Who invented the electric light? No, it wasn’t Thomas Edison.…
How much do authors really earn? Some answers
Ann Bauer recently wrote at Salon on Why it’s a problem that writers never talk about where their money comes…
Who influences me as an influencer?
Each week I take the top voted question from readers and answer it (submit one here). With 35 votes, this week’s…
Early reviewers wanted for my next book
My 6th and most personal book, The Ghost of My Father, launches next week. If you’re willing to write…
Exclusive: Read the first chapter of my next book
For the last 18 months I’ve been working on a very different kind of book, a memoir about a…