Browsing: Entrepreneurship

Working with problems | Seth’s Blog Situations have no solution, they’re not problems, they’re simply the way it is. Problems are distinguished by the fact that…

The system has fingerprints | Seth’s Blog We all make mistakes. We all do things that we then realize weren’t in our interest, or useful to…

“Does it work?” | Seth’s Blog That’s the first question. The second question is, “how do we make it work better?” These two questions, patiently repeated,…

The Strategy Deck that I made to go with my book has developed a real following. It’s a powerful way to break a creative logjam. Taking…

Tech and culture have enabled a new sort of informality. Not simply the end of suits and ties and heels at work, but the office itself…

New years bring resolutions, but those resolutions rarely stick. Creating change is difficult, and it’s hard to do it alone. New years remind us that we…

The reality of meliorism | Seth’s Blog Nearly 150 years ago, George Eliot gave us a name for our project. She pointed out that we could…

Calendars are a choice | Seth’s Blog Humans are unique. We give names to the days of the week (we even have weeks). We eat something…

Secret recipes | Seth’s Blog “You can try this at home…” But you probably won’t. The secret recipe isn’t the reason Coke is successful. And the…

Organizations lie all the time. Big lies, sometimes, but usually small ones. Is the call volume actually unusually heavy? Did a chef really prepare this meal…