Watch Your Information Diet
Good thinking requires curating information deliberately, the same way people curate food.
Best Work After Idea Fight Club
Strong opinions loosely held and tested by peers produce better client work.
Data Analytics for Managers
Sixteen practical takeaways from the HBR Guide to Data Analytics Basics for Managers.
Factfulness Hans Rosling
Rosling shows our worldview is dramatically and negatively biased, not reality.
Beware of False Equivalence
Similar-sounding sources and forced choices mislead, and consultants must resist both.
Fixing Slow Decisions
Committees mollify and hedge; decision architecture and disciplined meetings actually decide.
Richard Thaler Nudge Nobel
Richard Thaler won the economics Nobel for revealing how defaults drive human choices.
Prioritization Slides That Persuade
Good prioritization slides rest on analysis, clear criteria and honest implementation detail.
The Wisdom of It Depends
It depends slows the conversation down enough to solve the real problem.
Strategy: Poker Not Chess
Imperfect information, luck and bluffing make poker the better analogy for strategy.
Two Job Offers and FOBO
FOBO paralyzes decision-makers. Evaluate logic, gut and optionality to decide confidently.
Leading Without Apology
Leaders strengthen trust when they stop apologizing for valid contributions and reserve apologies for actual breaches of trust or execution