The secret process of expert thinkers
I’m going to level with you. It’s about how I work. And I’ll admit up front, it makes me look kinda lazy and unprofessional. But
I’m going to level with you. It’s about how I work. And I’ll admit up front, it makes me look kinda lazy and unprofessional. But
The other day I stumbled across this Kevin Kelly quote which really sums up something I’ve learned in the past couple of years: “To make
The following is an excerpt from a book I’m working on, called: No Bullshit Strategy: A founder’s guide to forming a strategy that actually works
You’ve heard me say it before, and you’ll hear me say it again: A strategy is only as good as the action it provokes. It’s
If any of you have read my free little ebook Make Companies Without Competitors, or seen my “Love your competitors” talk, you’ll know that central
There are two ways a strategy can fail: By being wrong By not being a strategy The first of these, I’m sorry to say, you
Of all the strategic sins one could commit, there are few more heinous than the confusion of “goals” with “strategy”. Fortunately it’s so bad that
One question new clients tend to ask when we begin working together, is “what do I get at the end of this?”. Naturally, they get
The following, as suggested by the title, is an update to my old post cataloguing various strategic hacks, tricks, and thought experiments. The article and old
By my conservative estimate, about 90% of business strategies are, when you get down to it, exactly the same. They use different words, different rationales,
I’ve made a song and dance in the past about my aversion to templates, models, frameworks, and the like in order to generate strategy. None,
The other day I was introduced to a lovely idea which I’m sure will resonate strongly with anyone who has to do something “creative” for
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