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In Praise of Assholes Aug 12, 2022
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On Being Productive vs Being Creative Jul 29, 2022
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On The Paradoxes of Finland’s Creativity Jul 15, 2022
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On Leadership and Recruiting For Misfits Jul 01, 2022
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A Prayer for the Devil’s Advocate — On the Importance of Skeptics in the Innovation Process innovation Jun 17, 2022
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Are you open to all your futures, or just the comfortable ones? futures May 20, 2022

The future. It’s a strange place. We’re hurtling towards it,...

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The Real Lessons of Disruption contrarians May 06, 2022

What might still be learnt from one of the most misunderstood concepts in management thinking

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The Joy of Analog (Customers) Apr 22, 2022

Originally published at qualityintelligence.net. Also available at The Thinkers 50 Blog.

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Ugly As A Brand Strategy Apr 08, 2022

Last week while shopping for groceries, I came across some Froosh. If you’ve never heard about them, shame. They’re a Nordic brand of fruit smoothies,...

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Donald Trump, Creativity Guru? contrarians Mar 25, 2022

The Donald is easy to hate. He can be a buffoon, a bore, a bellicose and belligerent vulgarian, and many find him massively offensive. This is parti

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