You Won’t Make It by Six. Ring Mum.
Karan Bahri asked me how I think about the future, and I sent him to his mum’s for dinner. The last of my pieces before the year turns: your three immediate futures.
Most of Us Stop at the First Ripple
Most of us stop at the first ripple. Here’s second-order thinking in plain words, and a free worksheet to follow one change three ripples out.
The Agent That Asks Before It Answers
Agents now act for us and clones can sound like anyone. The most useful agent may be the one that slows you down. From my RTHK Radio 3 segment.
Still Running on 1569
The map on the classroom wall was drawn in 1569, and we were marked on how well we could reproduce it. Phil Whelan asked me the harder question on air: we can’t go through life re-examining everything, so how do we choose? Coffee is coffee and tea is tea. What varies is how far in you go.
The Map in Your Head Is Out of Date
The UN voted 164 to 1 for a world map showing countries at their true size. The harder question for leaders is which picture they are still deciding from.
When Trust Breaks Down in Organisations, It’s Never the Trust That Broke
AUSTRAC found the same names across unrelated loan files. When trust breaks down in organisations it’s never the trust that broke. It’s the layer nobody checks.
