A bi-weekly roundup of how 1.9 billion AI queries are mostly about dating advice September 6 - September 13 Hey ChatGPT- how does my hair look? New research that came out this week from OpenAI and Anthropic shows some mind-bending facts about how the world is utilizing this new hotness they're calling "AI." I published a deep dive on this new research in a new blog post, Are You Using AI for $10 Tasks or $10,000 Decisions? The fact from this research that's still living rent-free in my head:...
16 days ago • 3 min read
A bi-weekly roundup of ways culture eats strategy for breakfast August 23 - September 5 Breathing a Big Sigh Of Strategy You know the scene that's in countless superhero movies where the good guys look each other in the eyes as they finalize their grand plan to beat the big baddie? This turning point also tends to be the catharsis of their interpersonal conflict, with an incremental "Put our differences to the side and save the world" head nod. So dramatic! The stakes in those stories (and...
30 days ago • 4 min read
A bi-weekly roundup of better ways to say something August 9 - August 22 Life Hack: A Spoonful of Sugar When I was younger, I thought the pathway to the American Dream was paved by merit. As long as I was smart, truthful, and effective, I'd be on the fast track to fame and fortune. I cannot count the ways I've been wrong about that belief. Whether it was starting a feud in my local newspaper, or being unfairly brutal to my supervisor in their performance review, or making a 15-slide...
about 1 month ago • 3 min read
A bi-weekly roundup of habits that generate ROI July 26 - August 8 Catalysts In Three Flavors This week I made a thirsty LinkedIn post featuring CRO Roman Noodles because I was in a full-blown spiral about my habits. I started questioning everything: are the routines I cling to actually Catalysts sparking growth, or are they just well-disguised Crutches? After a little reflection, I decided that the simple "good habit vs. bad habit" diagnosis felt flimsy. We all know a workout can be a...
about 2 months ago • 4 min read
A bi-weekly roundup of opinions from your secret cabal of AI advisors July 12 - July 25 Advice, But 5x Better Last week I was grappling with a range of tough decisions and because I'm a total nerd for AI, I was talking it out with Gemini. I journaled out the context, jotted down my personal thoughts, and uploaded a few files into that chatbox. After the AI went brr, it basically told me what I wanted to hear. This is a common AI problem: they're designed to be syncophants. However, with this...
2 months ago • 3 min read
A bi-weekly roundup of putting your strong foot into your mouth June 28 - July 11 Misplaced Strength Whenever you do any kind of personality test with a team - CliftonStrengths, DiSC, Enneagram, etc.- you suddenly "know" your colleagues in a new way. That knowledge is powerful and you can't put the genie back in the bottle. Armed with that data, it's hard to not adapt and change your behavior, whether you mean to or not. While personality inventories can foster understanding and better...
3 months ago • 4 min read
A bi-weekly roundup of ways to make your recurring leadership meeting more epic June 14 - June 27 Ride or Die: The Four Horsemen of Agencies The strength of an agency lies in four key areas: Sales, Account Management, Operations, and Leadership. Each one is a powerful force, a "horseman" that can either lead you to victory or trample you in the dust. Since it's the Summer of Strengths at Learn to Scale, we've hopped on the horseback for each core function and explored how each role's...
3 months ago • 2 min read
A bi-weekly roundup of good fortune May 31 - June 13 The Formula to Luck Involves Saying Yes Through sheer luck, I got connected to Jeff Gibbard, a multidisciplinary kindred soul that also works with entrepreneurs, agencies, and humans who want to grow and learn. I was so dazzled by his personality that I immediately thought, "This guy is TL;DR material." I invited Jeff to provide the feature for this TL;DR since he appreciated the irony of exploring luck on a historically unlucky day and...
4 months ago • 4 min read
A bi-weekly roundup of neurochemical learning cocktails May 17 - May 30 This Brain Juice Is Worth The Squeeze, Twice What do you know about the neurochemical, acetycholine? If you forgot your Behavioral Neuroscience notebook at home, here's the refresher: acetycholine (ACh) is a chemical released in the brain to help neurons wire together. Research indicates that it helps with alertness, focus, binding certain synapses together, and suppressing other synapses from binding. It's Brain Gorilla...
4 months ago • 4 min read