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  • August 16, 2024

    Commonplacing : Nurturing Slow Hunches from Notebook to Knowledge

    Carmen Berzatto does it. Sherlock Holmes did it too. How about you, do you commonplace?


  • February 2, 2024

    The Case Against “Deep Work”

    The notion of deep work provides a great excuse for not getting shit done.


  • July 7, 2022

    Why I Won’t Use The Best Software, Even When It’s Free

    Productivity is hard. The more you realise what the optimal setup would look like, the further you get from starting to implement it.


  • April 25, 2022

    What Doing Looks Like : Why We Struggle with Productivity and How to Fix It

    I’d like to be a bit like Mrs. Whiting myself. She knows where she wants to go and she can turn that crystal clear vision into manageable chunks of action.


  • March 13, 2022

    On Focus: The Power of Switching Between Attention and Diffusion

    Our brains are built to toggle back and forth between sharp and fuzzy. Proper learning can only happen in the interplay between daydreaming and attention


  • March 11, 2021

    Brevity is Good For Business : Why Knowing When to Shut Up Can Boost Productivity

    Animals can teach us something about cutting to the chase.


  • November 15, 2020

    Creative Doesn’t Mean Nice : Striking the Balance in Company Culture

    Culture can be a company’s most valuable asset, but creative a good one is hard.

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