Better at Work

“Twenty-six years after Robert Putnam warned that Americans were bowling alone, many of us are now typing alone.”

“Become the good hang ... Relationships are how you’ll escape the hellfire of a thousand-person LinkedIn resume stack.”

“Familiarity is no longer a flex, it's the floor.”

A collection of tools that are useful in creative problem solving which generally follows the steps of clarify, ideate, develop, and implement.

“A curated collection of strategy frameworks, creative provocations, and planning tools — compiled from years of practice in brand strategy and advertising.”

“Figure out who is seeking value and create it for them.”

“Remember: they're not smarter than you, they're just convinced they are.”

“What can the future look like for me?”

“Mondays at the office”

“A large amount of work consists of person A trying to get person B to do something even though both report to person C. Much is gained if A can keep up with B’s latest half-marathon times, and whether they prefer to holiday in Cornwall or Devon.”

“If you didn’t create the doc, you’re a guest in someone else’s kitchen. Act accordingly.”

“Sometimes the break’s when most of the work will get done in your head, because you’re not sitting in front of a laptop just staring at a screen going, ‘I can’t come up with anything,”

“Junior talent will always be necessary ... for providing fresh perspective.”

“Our data shows that people ought to explore a bunch of things at work, deliberate about the best fit for their skills, and then exploit what they’ve learned”

“Her six-month programs run from $4,000 to $15,000.”

“Constraints push the brain beyond its default tendencies, forcing deeper problem-solving”

“You can't advertise people out of reacting to their own experiences”

“Marketing engineers are the hire of 2026. period.”

“A sharp take on how AI acceleration might compromise marketing quality and strategic thinking”

“Neither theory, history or the latest data suggests a recession driven by AI job dislocation is likely”

“When technology leads to huge numbers of jobs disappearing quickly, bad things happen”

“A new type of company designed for creative people. Artists keep majority control, intellectual property is protected by law, and the artistic mission comes first.”

“So I grabbed 100 titles from 2nd-degree connections on LinkedIn that had strategy somewhere in the visible profile and ran some analysis.”

“Ideas are cheap right now. Getting the people in charge to make explicit decisions is the hard part.”

“From electricians to firefighters to açai bowl entrepreneurs, young Americans are pivoting careers based on one fear: AI taking their jobs”

“On their own initiative workers did more because AI made “doing more” feel possible, accessible, and in many cases intrinsically rewarding.”

“If you give steroids to a Little League baseball player, they’re still a ten-year-old boy. Give them to Barry Bonds and he breaks every record in the books.”

“You are remembered for the help you provide, not the noise you make.”

“Market the workshop activities like you are teaching children.”

“It’s in your interest to be a sicko, making work for other sickos.”

“Market the workshop activities like you are teaching children.”

“BEING AUTOMATED OUT OF OUR OWN CREATIVITY” WHILE “LEARNING SKILLS THAT FEEL LIKE MAGIC.”