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What movie cliches can teach you about becoming a better writer
Moviegoers love a nice cliché. At least, if ticket sales for superhero comic films are any indication.
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Moviegoers love a nice cliché. At least, if ticket sales for superhero comic films are any indication.
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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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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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By definition, it's easy to think of obvious ideas.
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.
Classic entrepreneurs and inventors tend to talk a lot about "thinking from first principles." But what does that actually mean? And how do you...
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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Explorations > Teamwork > the dream teams framework The Dream Teams framework was created by Shane Snow in 2018, and originally...
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explorations > Teamwork > Trust In March 2020, the consulting firm Odgers Berndtson asked 2,000 senior executives at $50mm+...
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explorations > Teamwork > Purpose In the early days of the startup company I co-founded in 2010, when my partners and I first...