From our brains to your screen, get the latest from our team on digital strategy, building better teams, and making the most of AI.
March 2, 2026
Senior leaders often speak first in meetings without realizing the cognitive consequences. When a leader offers an early opinion, it anchors the group, narrows thinking, and reduces cognitive diversity. Research shows that evenly distributed participation improves collective intelligence, yet power dynamics make that difficult in practice. If leaders want better decisions, they must discipline their share of voice and intentionally create space for others to think and speak first.
5 mins
March 2, 2026
Most performance systems fail not because they lack structure, but because leaders avoid discomfort. When harmony is prioritized over clarity, feedback becomes vague, accountability erodes, and growth stalls. Effective performance conversations require honesty, future orientation, and the courage to say what is actually true.
5 mins
February 24, 2026
AI made it easy to produce content at scale. It also made it easy to produce content nobody wants to read. The companies winning in search and AI-driven discovery are the ones publishing content with real perspective, not the ones generating hundreds of keyword-stuffed articles a month.
7 mins
February 17, 2026
Most AI training ends with excited teams and productivity gains. But a few weeks in, people are spending their AI time re-explaining context. Skills — portable, shareable instructions that teach AI how to handle specific work — change that pattern and help training compound across an organization.
4 mins
February 5, 2026
This is a guide for the people who get a little nervous when they need to open Terminal (or don't know what it is). I'll try to break down the complexity, simplify the buzzwords, and allow you to build something quite incredible within the next hour.
14 mins
