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Jul 14, 2026
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2 min read
Kodak invented the digital camera in 1975, then spent thirty years deciding not to sell it. This is what protecting the past costs.
Engineering
Marketing
Business
Jul 10, 2026
A design student tried to build one toaster from scratch. It took nine months and cost a fortune.
Jul 3, 2026
The smartest people don't always ask how to succeed, sometimes they ask how they'd guarantee failure, then refuse to do those things.
Career
Mental Models
Thinking
Jun 29, 2026
Addition by subtraction
Psychology
Jun 24, 2026
Most people still use AI like a search engine. The real leverage comes from using it to challenge your own thinking.
AI
Jun 23, 2026
How Domino's turned it around in 2009
Jun 18, 2026
5 min read
How to fix problems for good using a 70-year-old manufacturing tool.
Productivity
Mental Clarity
Jun 17, 2026
1 min read
When the economy gets scary, people don't stop treating themselves. They just buy smaller treats.
Jun 12, 2026
The story of the most stubbornly cheap hot dog in America, and the threat that keeps it that way.
History
Jun 11, 2026
On Toyota's assembly line, anyone can halt a billion-dollar operation with one tug. Handing them that power was the smartest thing the company ever did.
May 8, 2026
4 min read
"Follow your passion" is one of the worst pieces of career advice ever given
Feb 27, 2026
10 min read
More people visit Disney and Universal properties annually than the entire populations of the UK, France, or Italy.
Jan 28, 2026
8 min read
The art of the performance review
