There have been some hamfisted efforts to collect learnings across multiple media, contexts, and domains. You don’t own the moment learning strikes. Which means some fantastic ideas come in the most unconventional places. Shower, bed. Out running. Not scenarios conducive to notetaking. How do we learn better? …

Here’s a love letter to anyone wanting profits in the most unexpected places. Your service could drive clients wild, or generate tons of cash for them. Trouble is, they don’t know about you. And your service isn’t even on their radar. What the hell do you do? Say your service…

Reading sucks because most authors do Most of us struggle to embrace reading recreationally. And I know why. I spent last year essentially giving up on books other than those supporting my professional growth. Even then, it was a grind. That inertia in reading leads to creative atrophy. If you're…

I’m here because you need me. To tell you to have a word with yourself. Come on, admit it. You know why I’m here. It’s because you need this chat. Because you started the year with the greatest of intentions but already 2022 has dwarfed them. And the truth is…

Walking is always how I surface my very best ideas. I don’t know why wandering around is my jam; maybe the constantly changing scenery agitates a synapse or something, who knows. Anyway today I had another one of those thoughts that I figured could make you very successful. I work…

Lifelong learning is essential. But what is it? I put a very heavy burden on myself conforming to stereotypical definitions of learning. That to learn, you must spend hundreds of hours on a journey towards mastery. That’s bullshit, of course. But the scent endures. I spent hours poring over Coursera…

Keep going. It’s 1926. So long ago, your grandparents aren’t even on the radar for their future parents. There’s a plane. And a diligent mechanic, who’s noticed bolt damage to the landing gear and returned to the hangar for a replacement. A rush takeoff is required. Pilot and photographer passenger…

Anyone with greying hair, but for the prematurely ageing, will remember how the web got going. The arms race was populating pixels with static text and hyperlinks. From a maker standpoint, no motive existed but to create a web of content. And ultimately to give Google a reason for being. …

Remember FHM? One of the greatest magazines of its generation. At the apex of its power, it was in a different league to the competition. Edgy. Marmite, in many ways. Outspoken and controversial, always. Trendsetting. Melding far-out with close-to-the-knuckle. FHM pushed boundaries. Its content style guide was off the scale…