I wanted to drop in with a quiet interlude about re-reading (or re-watching, or re-listening) and its value in a... more

Why is it that it seems like no amount of work, accolades, or achievement is enough? Why do we keep... more

If you subscribe to newsletters, listen to podcasts, or watch videos on YouTube, I've no doubt that you’ve been asked... more

No matter how fastidious you are about creating and executing a plan, working toward any big goal will require adjustments.... more

Is an AI chatbot, like ChatGPT, a search engine? Does it scour the internet for helpful information so that it... more

"I have so many thoughts and not enough time to think them," I recently blurted out to my husband. For... more

"No one is ever completely safe from the critical gaze of a culture steeped in the makeover ethos." —Micki McGeeI... more

Intractable challenges are often the result of a lack of imagination. That is, our solutions are constrained by existing systems... more

Many of us (most?) have an inner voice that loves to remind us that "If there's time to lean, there's... more

Standardization is one of those ideas that, once you see it, you can't unsee it. It's a mental model that... more

This episode is about the long term—the commitments, projects, and relationships we can work on when our "temporal bandwidth" widens.... more

Most of the work I do that's not this revolves around coaching, editing, and/or thinking with people who have meaningful... more

The tech industry has a central role in shaping our work, our communication, and even our identities. Its mythology is... more

What does my new website, the TikTok "ban," and the ongoing purge of "woke" from government websites have in common?The... more

I'm back! Maybe you noticed or maybe you didn't—but the show (and my newsletter) has been on its longest hiatus... more

So, health insurance is in the news. And so is Americans' feelings about it. I got to wondering how we... more

A problem, question, or challenge is often more than meets the eye. But we're biased to accept how an issue... more

Do you see your software?Do you see how it influences how you run meetings, brainstorm ideas, fulfill your responsibilities, and... more

Stop me if you've heard this before: we're overloaded and overwhelmed by information. There's more content than you could ever... more

In management cybernetics, there are 3 types of systems: simple, complex, and exceedingly complex. The systems we pay the most attention... more