Ray Dalio: a digest of recent interviews; clips on personal finances and investingI’ve listened to nearly everything Ray Dalio has said the past six months.Jul 24, 20221Jul 24, 20221
Have better arguments: A case for the adversarial system in businessThis, from The Spectator, is one of my favourite magazine advertisements.Apr 14, 2019Apr 14, 2019
Why our clients charge for their courses — why ‘free’ doesn’t work, and never willMany people believe the internet should be free. But, as a friend once put to me, ‘it’s only free if your time is worthless’.Jun 19, 2018Jun 19, 2018
Why are so many organisations dysfunctional? What’s going on at the top?‘There’s an inequality problem in the realm of reputation.’ So said Henry Finder, editorial director at The New Yorker, in an early episode…Jun 8, 20181Jun 8, 20181
Pioneering an industry: the online course publishing houseMusic bands of the early 1900s played under their bookers’ name, did you know, not their own. Such was supply and demand of distribution…Jun 1, 2018Jun 1, 2018
Can entrepreneurs solve all the world’s problems?Addressing Harvard’s John F. Kennedy School of Government, Eric Schmidt, Chairman of Alphabet (the parent company of Google) declared ‘the…May 25, 2018May 25, 2018
New CourseConcierge.com website: where has all the beauty gone?Whatever vault you keep for inspirational design, I hope this makes it into the top draw.Apr 6, 2018Apr 6, 2018
How to Start Your Career (New Hour-Long Talk From Me)A new (free) hour-long talk from me has just gone live on YouTube with The 21 Convention.Dec 7, 20171Dec 7, 20171
The power of the ‘super-fan’: how One Direction took over the world (& lessons in talent…Typically I write about things like Ancient Rome or twentieth century American literature. So why this week have I decided to write about a…Nov 5, 2017Nov 5, 2017
Might two people better run this thing? The forgotten art of dual leadershipDid you know that Sparta had two kings? Or that Rome, before the days of tyrannical rule, was led by two consuls? Looking back on systems…Oct 29, 2017Oct 29, 2017
