In August of 2014, as I was walking from my home in Beijing to the gym, I can clearly remember a thought firing off in my head. My creative thinking was in overdrive and several dots connected to form the basis for a software tool called SANE. It could have stopped right there; an idea in my head, forgotten… Continue reading
Creativity and productivity usually don’t go hand in hand. Designers tend to procrastinate. Musicians like to party like rockstars. Flashes of genius don’t happen between 9 am and 5 pm. But you have a company to run. You need some rules to keep things on track. Results to present to investors. Standards to avoid the… Continue reading
Reading. A skill we all possess, yet not all readers are created equal. Most of us struggle to read a 3,000+ word article, let alone a book. We’re too busy, too distracted, and watching the latest House of Cards is just a bit easier than reading a 437-page business book. Then there are people like… Continue reading
A blacksmith is useless without his hammer. The factory is nothing without a conveyor belt. A jockey gets nowhere without his horse. Jimi Hendrix is lost without a guitar. What is thunder without lightning… OK, that last one was a joke. This is not the start of a new love song I’m writing. Craftsmen and… Continue reading
Jonah Peretti is to BuzzFeed what Howard Schultz is to Starbucks. And since BuzzFeed is to media what Starbucks is to coffee, the analogy runs deeper than them just sharing the same job titles (both are Founder and CEO). In fact, the similarities don’t end there: if you would never drink a cup of Starbucks… Continue reading