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Shane Snow: Jan 15, 2023 12:10:45 PM
Moviegoers love a nice cliché. At least, if ticket sales for superhero comic films are any indication.
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Shane Snow: Jan 15, 2023 12:09:30 PM
The other day, I was struck by a quote I read. It was in a blog post about vulnerability by Adam Grant (Wharton professor and author of Originals)....
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Shane Snow: Jan 15, 2023 12:07:47 PM
When Benjamin Franklin was a boy, he yearned for a life at sea. This worried his father, so the two toured the various trades in 18th-century Boston...
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Shane Snow: Jan 14, 2023 1:55:00 PM
By definition, it's easy to think of obvious ideas.
Shane Snow: Jan 13, 2023 2:00:00 PM
As we discussed in Part 1 of my Smartcuts explainer series on how to use lateral thinking, it's not easy to think differently than we already think.
Shane Snow: Jan 12, 2023 2:06:00 PM
Classic entrepreneurs and inventors tend to talk a lot about "thinking from first principles." But what does that actually mean? And how do you...
Shane Snow: Jan 11, 2023 2:09:00 PM
Part 4 of the Lateral Thinking / Smartcuts explainer series dives into one of my favorite innovation techniques: using strategic questioning to spark...
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Shane Snow: Jan 10, 2023 6:53:26 PM
Explorations > Teamwork > the dream teams framework The Dream Teams framework was created by Shane Snow in 2018, and originally...
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Shane Snow: Jan 10, 2023 6:48:45 PM
explorations > Teamwork > Trust In March 2020, the consulting firm Odgers Berndtson asked 2,000 senior executives at $50mm+...
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Shane Snow: Jan 10, 2023 6:47:46 PM
explorations > Teamwork > Purpose In the early days of the startup company I co-founded in 2010, when my partners and I first...
