There are many things that can be invented. The world is full of problems that can be solved with the right idea. But, how to invent something new that will change the world? The answer is to use the power of your mind. If you’re thinking about inventing something, here are some th...
And so, they’ll try to convince your friends, family members, neighbors (basically anyone who will give them the time of day) how terrible you were to them. They may use some version of the truth, but they might also lie outright. Smearing, of course, can be devastating, and some ...
Our society has a polarized, contradictory view of how the mind works—either we think we’re careful, rational people, or we’re just emotional wrecks that are lucky to get through the day alive. Sometimes we even hold both views at the same time—we consider ourselves to be rational, ...
All of this feels a bit abstract, until at some point, I remember that I will be going back to work on Monday, in two days which is actually now only one day. I wonder how many COVID cases there are at my hospital now. I spend some number of minutes planning, like a champion sk...
At this very moment on this 24th day of July, 2010 the people of the pilderwasser collective are loading up the team bus in Grinnell and getting ready for the drive to Sioux City for the beginning of RAGBRAI. However, I’m not there with them. If I was I’d be well into another ...
If you’re currently in a leadership position, especially one you’ve held for some time, then it may be difficult for you to challenge the status quo – or how things have always been done. It can also be tough for your employees, so remember that teambuilding events are meant to help...
There is a good argument to be made that if you are not running at least 3 trains per hour all day, you don’t have enough demand to be worth the costs of trains at all. Sure if you have legacy track to some small town perhaps you can justify using up the existing track for a ...
Sounds familiar, no? So while Amazon is using technology that some might call disruptive, I call it evolutionary because their practices – Prime, subscriptions and same day delivery – are, in fact, age-old retail best practices made more efficient by technology. ...
Status Quo Bias (or the Power of Default).People find comfort in keeping things as they are. Inertia is more likely than change, partly because altering one’s habits requires mental effort—a challenge referred to as cognitive load Operators have not taken into account the seemingly irrational...
And knowing a winner could take weeks — some of the key House races yet to be decided are in California, which generally takes longer to count ballots because the state is more permissive in allowing ballots postmarked by Election Day but arriving after to count. The...