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Don’t Make Decisions So Hard!
One of my favorite mental models is Occam’s razor because I spend so much time struggling to follow it. Occam’s
June 9, 2025
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How to Stress an Entire Organization without Really Trying
Case studies are one of the best ways to improve critical and strategic thinking. The best business and engineering schools
June 2, 2025
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Are You Making the Right Things Easier and the Wrong Things Harder?
A while back, I mentioned one of the best books I’ve read in 2025, The Friction Project: How Smart Leaders
May 27, 2025
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What is AI Doing to Critical Thinking Skills and How to Respond
It seems so easy. Need an answer? Type a question into your favorite AI bot and you’ll be offered 17
May 14, 2025
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Screening for Critical Thinking Skills in Gen Z Applicants
Over the past several months, on-line business sites have published numerous studies indicating that employers have grown wary of hiring
April 21, 2025
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How Five Teams are Overcoming Overwhelm and Workplace Burnout
Seventy percent. That’s the percentage of people who say they feel overwhelmed, if not burned out, in the most recent
March 27, 2025
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Is Email Urgency Bias Killing Your Team’s Productivity?
In 2021, Laura Giurge and Vanessa Bohns published a study in Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Process which confirmed what
March 19, 2025
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Does Your Team Have a Subtraction Mindset?
Workplace burnout has become one of the top concerns in today’s offices. But then you probably knew that. The question,
March 12, 2025
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Don’t Come to Me with Six Questions!
When I was a graduate student, I worked for Don. Don was a great supervisor. He set clear expectations, took
March 3, 2025
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Helping Your Team Manage the Micro-decision Monster
You know how maddening it can be. You attempt to sign into an application and the system forces you to
February 27, 2025
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Want to Manage Workplace Burnout? Begin at the Margins
“Where do I begin?” That’s the number one question managers ask at the conclusion of the sessions I present on
February 18, 2025
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Team Burned Out at Work? Here’s How to Tell and What to Do
Burnout . . . it is a term searched on millions of times per month, not by employers, but by
February 12, 2025
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