The Stories media format is now used by billions of consumers and copied by every major social network on the planet. In this very special episode, we take a peek inside the call that started it all. This was recorded a decade ago, in 2012, and was just found in an old, dusty place on the internet. The link above gives you an inside look into the creative process for how the Stories new media format, and StoryApp, was concepted and created from scratch. It also includes the animated emoji that understood emotion from your voice and reacted accordingly (referred to as the Artifact in the call).

We just dropped two new episodes on the Ingenuity podcast: Incentive Design — Compensation & Web 3 Internet Economies Duration & Growth Rates In the first episode, we take our experience from years of designing monetary incentives for employees, salespeople, executives, and the board of directors of the biggest companies in the world and apply it to new economies talked about in Web 3 circles. There’s one fatal flaw that most white paper designers forget.

Quest for Self-Driving in Space Miniseries, Part 2 — I. Humans Have Reached the Limits of Moore’s Law Chip manufacturers have stopped developing their industry-wide roadmap for the foreseeable future because by 2020 it will be too expensive to build semiconductors smaller than 10 nanometers. It will cost more, create an increasing amount of heat, and require more electricity than the world currently produces.

What you need to be at the top of your game — I. THE WORLD HAS CHANGED The world of Product Management is no longer changing. It has changed. At some point over the last few years we transitioned into a new way of thinking when it comes to technology. Let’s review the situation as we move into the last year of this decade. What used to…

2.5 hours to change your perspective on the future — Human Energy featuring Omar Sher Please welcome our special guest, Omar Sher, a Business Development, Strategy, and Energy expert who has lived and operated in many countries within Asia, the Middle East, and just moved to Singapore. We discuss the state of the world, core values and principles for operating at a high level in…

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Strategy Company Growth During Wartime (9 mins): In a world of uncertainty, only the agile survive. We provide, and walk through, a graphical framework you can use in any environment to find growth. Organizational Design Core Values — Finding Yours (2 mins): a simple thought experiment to help you figure…

Do you want to win the infinite game of business? Where do you even start? We think it all starts with people, more specifically, talent. And once you have the talent, then it becomes all about how they work together and what direction are they pointing. Then it’s how you increase speed by iterating faster than competitors. If you do that, then the outcome is pre-written. You will grow at a line so steep it’ll give you a nosebleed.

Bonus Content — Cadence Playlist — Everett Music — New Playlist Cadence (6 minutes): Don’t stop this time, keep looping. Ingenuity — New Episodes Strategy Inventing New Pathways — Stand Out in a Sea of Sameness (2 minutes): what does SaaS and Hard Tech have to do with standing out on the internet? Listen in and find out more. Stories Everett Unlocked (4 seconds) Become Your Planet’s Warrior (30 seconds)