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Marketing as we know it happened because of machines. Machines made factories dramatically more efficient, which meant that producers could no longer easily sell everything they…

Leading side by side | Seth’s Blog Orchestras are difficult. One reason is that we’re really good at noticing when they’re out of tune. Just a…

Well, maybe not. In 2024, worldwide gift card sales will pass a trillion dollars for the first time. It’s a good grift. Surveys show that the…

Mediocre tools | Seth’s Blog Lousy tools are dangerous. They endanger our safety (physical or emotional) and undermine our work. Lousy tools are pretty easy to…

The stories we tell ourselves | Seth’s Blog If it happened to us, our memory of it is a story, our record of it with us…

A bureaucracy recently asked me to submit a few documents. They were very specific and the person on the phone said that the subject line of…

Writing a book is good for you. It clarifies your thinking and it’s generous as well. You might not publish it professionally, but sharing it with…

A generation ago, the Generals ruled. General Motors, General Foods, General Mills, General Dynamics… they were big, and they had a lot to lose. As a…

Asymmetrical information creates real problems. And fixing the flow of useful proxies benefits both sides. Cigarette companies knew a great deal about the addictions they were…

What do we do with our chance? | Seth’s Blog Everyone needs more chances, more benefit of the doubt, more opportunity. But what turns a chance…