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Shane Snow: Sep 24, 2024 11:56:37 AM
In my book Smartcuts, I shared many examples of how to use technology to give a business or individual a “platform advantage” to make their hard work...
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Shane Snow: Mar 29, 2023 2:25:24 AM
This article originally appeared in Fast Company. IN THE LATE ’70s, Palo Alto-based entrepreneur Debbi Fields tried to get a loan to start a cookie...
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Shane Snow: Jan 15, 2023 12:48:59 PM
Mark Tigan, civil servant of the village of Winooski, Vermont, was thirty-two years old when the president of the United States called to shut him...
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Shane Snow: Jan 15, 2023 12:39:31 PM
Here's a classic business blunder:
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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
This twist on the classic scientific method will spark your lateral thinking skills As we discussed in Part 1 of my Smartcuts explainer series on how...
Shane Snow: Jan 12, 2023 2:06:00 PM
Taking a first principles approach Classic entrepreneurs and inventors tend to talk a lot about "thinking from first principles." But what does that...
Shane Snow: Jan 11, 2023 2:09:00 PM
Spark innovative ideas with this lateral thinking skill Part 4 of the Lateral Thinking / Smartcuts explainer series dives into one of my favorite...
Shane Snow: Jan 10, 2023 2:13:00 PM
Part 5 of my Lateral Thinking explainer series This is about doing what most people jump straight to in Step 1 of a typical problem-solving process:...
Shane Snow: Jan 9, 2023 2:16:00 PM
Lateral thinking for strategic decision making Part 6 of my Thinking Different explainer series digs into how to run your ideas through the gauntlet,...
