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Pop songs are 200 seconds long because the mechanical properties of 78 and 45 rpm records can deliver one song with decent fidelity of that length. They can't handle ten minutes, and one minu ...

We notice the current most when we're headed against it. It's easy to take our advantage for granted when we're headed the other way and it's helping us. Related: When IR ...

Data becomes information when at least one of two related things are true: We learn something for next time We make different decisions or take new actions If you're not getting one of these ...

The reason that most memos, speeches and edicts fall flat is simple: we get stuck on the idea that we're talking to a crowd. When we're speaking or writing, the crowd is just an illusio ...

AI models primarily use a text or speech interface. Type what you want and it types back. Say what you want it talks back. This is fancy, a breakthrough, a little showy. And if the user brings the ...

Not all customers are fans. And not all fans are the sort of customers you can thrive with. Cadres of supporters often migrate into one of two camps The generous stans (a more positive riff ...

All sufficiently advanced technology is now widespread. Batman used to have gadgets that gave him an advantage over his adversaries. And Henry Ford had machines that allowed him to produce items fa ...

Alas, this is the wrong question for a leader or manager to ask. It's more productive to wonder, "how do we create the conditions for our people to get to where they're heading?&#

"What should I do next?" Not next year or for the rest of my life. Right now. The apparently trivial choice-whether or not to open an email, make a phone call or stand up to stret ...

This is an understandable sentiment. As jobs push people to be automatons and often offer little in the way of respect, it's easy to quietly quit. But perhaps, they're not paying you en ...