Published inThinking AskewThe Muddle of Mediocrity in ManagementWriting and thinking about management have tended to be highly polarized along an axis of success and failure. On the one hand, we tend to…Dec 28, 2024Dec 28, 2024
Published inThe Art of KeynotingCoherence Is Overrated (in public speaking)We’ve all been there. A speaker, possibly even a famous one, steps up on stage. They start out interestingly, but after a while they seem…Sep 3, 20201Sep 3, 20201
Published inThinking AskewThe Innovation Time Bomb — A Warning(If you are dead tired of preambles that remind you that there’s been a crisis and all that, and want to get to the point quicker, skip…Jul 13, 2020Jul 13, 2020
Published inThinking AskewOn the Prescriptions, Paradoxes, and Props of Entrepreneurial PassionThis text was originally written for a somewhat slapdash edited volume on entrepreneurial passion, and as is at times my way I…May 7, 2020May 7, 2020
Published inThe Art of KeynotingSex Talk and Foul Language — On Speakers Working BlueIn standup comedy, the expression “working blue” refers to using language and imagery (and sometimes, if rarely, props) that can offend a…Apr 7, 2020Apr 7, 2020
Published inThinking AskewRequiem for an Innovation: What We Can Learn from the Sad Story of Laundroid, the Laundry-Folding…Our society tends to narrate innovation in triumphalist and only triumphalist ways. As we, particularly in the West but increasingly as a…Jan 14, 2020Jan 14, 2020
Published inThe Art of KeynotingOn Background Research, and Why Speakers Should Limit ItHow much should a (keynote) speaker research the client and the audience before giving a speech? This might sound like an innocuous…Jan 6, 2020Jan 6, 2020
Published inThinking AskewInnovation as a Balancing Act: On Undersolving and Oversolving Problems (Early Draft)(This is merely the start of a longer piece on solutions and innovation I am planning, but thought it would be good to outline it here. It…Jan 30, 2018Jan 30, 2018
Published inThinking AskewA Different Kind of Final LectureNotes On the Thanatonomy, From One About To Enter ItAug 20, 2017Aug 20, 2017
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