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Design + brand / strategy that does business for Silicon Valley and the rest of the world: B2B/2C UX design, service design and consulting for businesses large and small (enterprise, SMB)
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Scheduling a consultation is the fastest way to find out what your company’s specific needs are, but in general: it helps to “crawl, walk, run” when adopting new #tech. Start small, scale up, and test, test, test

#systemsdesign helps set AI engineers up for success

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With so many unknown unknowns and potential pitfalls on the path to successful agentic #AI, it can make sense to #focus GenAI #strategy on a well-trodden use case we know works to unlock value:

LLMs are best at words, after all

#marketing #firstprinciples #business

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Stop Running So Many AI Pilots
Companies eager to adopt generative AI often launch numerous pilots across departments, chasing quick wins and marginal efficiencies. But a scattershot approach won’t deliver transformative impact. Th...
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November 13, 2025 at 9:05 PM
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“Future mundane” is an approach recommended by a futurist to encourage companies to avoid the pitfalls of short-termism in quarterly capitalism. IBM’s CEO said to avoid "toys on the side” and focus on “the things you can scale”

www.fastcompany.com/91426058/why...

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Why Silicon Valley's vision of the future is broken—and how to fix it
Nick Foster, an ex-Google futurist, argues big tech's imagination has been hijacked by sci-fi and earnings calls. He offers a simple way for any leader to get back to what made Silicon Valley great.
www.fastcompany.com
November 12, 2025 at 6:35 AM
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“… companies often incentivize long hours, and tethering yourself to your desk is rarely a recipe for innovative, strategic thinking”

#innovation #culture #strategy #leadership

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If Strategy Is So Important, Why Don’t We Make Time for It?
Strategic thinking is an essential component of leadership — and yet for many leaders, it can be nearly impossible to find time for. In this piece, the author argues that there are two main barriers t...
hbr.org
November 13, 2025 at 5:22 AM
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The connection between spirituality and #business is not an obvious one, but it’s real. Not that we necessarily have to become religious at work—any cult thinking can be destructive

Shorter, bluntly: “Get over yourself”

#groupthink #diversity #leadership #strategy

www.inc.com/mike-maddock...
November 12, 2025 at 7:33 PM
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The cutting edge of #AI thought leadership is exploring how agentic AI models can communicate with one another to enable independent learning—still in its very early stages. Organizations would do well to prepare for this future by using data hygiene now for smarter decisions later

#firstprinciples
How AI Agents "Talk" to Each Other | Towards Data Science
Minimize chaos and maintain inter-agent harmony in your projects
towardsdatascience.com
November 12, 2025 at 6:28 AM
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“Solving the puzzle” can happen as a team effort sooner if #designthinking is deployed on #AI projects to reduce ambiguity, add #clarity of purpose, and define metrics and objectives for success

#systemsthinking supplements these #firstprinciples

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Designing a Successful Agentic AI System
Agentic AI systems can execute workflows, make decisions, and coordinate across departments. To realize its promise, companies must design workflows around outcomes and appoint mission owners who defi...
hbr.org
November 6, 2025 at 1:47 AM
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@fastcompany.com calls #ux one of the long-term investments you can make in your #business right now to set it up for future success

And to build #resilience, lead with #clarity and purpose

#vuca #leadership

www.fastcompany.com/91364093/how...
How leaders can future-proof their business
In an uncertain economy, invest in adaptability, long-term relationships, and customer experience.
www.fastcompany.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:12 AM
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They say you “campaign in poetry and govern in prose,” but for #leadership even on complex projects, it can help to simplify to clarify, providing calming #clarity

… in that sense, #ux is poetry in motion

www.ft.com/content/1985...

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November 10, 2025 at 7:33 AM
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The World Bank has sounded the alarm on air pollution’s effects on the broader #economy; it’s not just an #environment issue anymore. Pollution reductions worked until 2012, when it started rising again, partially due to the rise of Uber, Doordash et al.

www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
World Bank urges fresh push on economic threat of pollution
Degraded land, polluted air and water stress pose a direct global economic threat but using natural resources more efficiently could cut pollution by half, one of the World Bank's senior managing directors told Reuters.
www.reuters.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:39 AM
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A thoughtful approach to data #strategy yields better results, even in the age of #AI, which is no substitute for human reasoning. @mitsmr.bsky.social provides a framework to help make it happen

mitsloan.mit.edu/ideas-made-t...

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Try this data framework for analytics advantage | MIT Sloan
A framework based on data, models, decisions, and value can help you leverage analytics for better business outcomes.
mitsloan.mit.edu
November 9, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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“Oh, to get involved in the exchange,” sang Björk about “Human Behavior.” “There’s definitely, definitely, definitely no logic.” —A quirky beat to match the idiosyncrasies of #humanity

#music #resilience

www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0mR...
November 9, 2025 at 12:05 AM
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fortune.com
“The most important thing to remember about resilience is that, though our need for it is endless, so is our capacity for it,” Arianna Huffington writes in a new commentary piece for Fortune. trib.al/UsnFDJb
The one human quality we need most to navigate the AI era | Fortune
Though this technology is very new, the human qualities we need to navigate how it’s changing our lives are as old as we are.
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November 6, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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Building resilience lets us unravel more of the ball of humanity faster, increasing our comfort level with the unfamiliar. And get to #innovation faster as a #strategy —maintaining competitiveness in a changing world

www.fastcompany.com/91320401/the...

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The 4 pillars of organizational resilience: Building a future-proof company
The journey to organizational resilience is continuous and evolving, but the rewards make it a worthwhile investment for any organization committed to long-term success.
www.fastcompany.com
November 5, 2025 at 10:17 PM
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mitsmr.bsky.social
When AI tools have many of the answers, what’s the value of expensive experts? It’s their ability to ask better questions and recognize gray areas, which shifts their value from content to context.

Read the full article >> https://mitsmr.com/3WBqnzf
October 21, 2025 at 3:26 PM
omyk.co
Sometimes, it just takes a different perspective to unlock the solution to a tough problem 🙃 🔐

#innovation
November 7, 2025 at 12:46 AM
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Here’s where Sequoia Capital sees #AI #innovation heading in 2026. It starts with proprietary data in the #enterprise

sequoiacap.com/article/seed...
Building Tomorrow’s Transformational Companies
We are excited to launch our latest venture fund and our sixth dedicated seed fund to continue partnering with the next generation of outlier founders at the start of their journey.
sequoiacap.com
November 6, 2025 at 1:37 AM
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“Agility is not a #strategy. It is a capability … A strategy is … a framework for decision-making, a set of guiding principles which can be applied as the situation evolves … [it’s] about how your #business works … what strategy has always been about”

#firstprinciples

hbr.org/2019/04/5-my...
5 Myths About Strategy
In common with many professions and disciplines, strategy has its myths – half truths and half understood assumptions that eventually lead to mistakes and even disasters.  In this article, strategy ex...
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November 5, 2025 at 5:24 AM
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… #designthinking still has a role to play on the team; it just needs an upgrade from UI workflows to #systemsdesign, AI use cases, and paths through the data AI can illuminate for users —a UI paired with AI can help them explore that better

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Use Design Thinking to Navigate Ambiguity
It’s safe to assume that accelerated change is here to stay. At the core of today’s frequent disruptions is ambiguity: situations where the available information is incomplete, contradictory, or const...
hbr.org
November 4, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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How to build a “minimum lovable product”? Adhere to these #firstprinciples (“hidden pillars”) when mapping out your product #strategy to improve customer retention and brand reputation

#humanity #branding

www.fastcompany.com/91433745/3-s...
3 software building fundamentals your customers will love
Customer relationships are the key to growth, and these software fundamentals encourage loyalty.
www.fastcompany.com
November 4, 2025 at 2:46 AM
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#systemsthinking often employs the scientific method to explore the relationships between systems: there is no better instructor than reality, observations to inform your #business theory

hbr.org/2020/11/foun...
Founders, Apply the Scientific Method to Your Startup
In this article the authors describe their findings from research into the application of scientific decision-making methods on new venture success in the Lean Start-up context. They find that Lean bu...
hbr.org
November 3, 2025 at 10:46 PM
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This is basically the MOSCoW planning approach rephrased. He said “It’s a vocabulary, not a framework” (paraphrased), but that’s what it is—a structured approach helps #leadership expand their POV by reducing reactivity and allowing for more expansive thinking

www.fastcompany.com/91426058/why...
Why Silicon Valley's vision of the future is broken—and how to fix it
Nick Foster, an ex-Google futurist, argues big tech's imagination has been hijacked by sci-fi and earnings calls. He offers a simple way for any leader to get back to what made Silicon Valley great.
www.fastcompany.com
November 1, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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economist.com
Economists have long treated globalisation as a trade-off between openness and national autonomy. Yet the idea that openness can also protect is being tested again
The new globalisation paradox
In the age of Donald Trump, national autonomy requires deeper integration. Brazil shows why
econ.st
November 1, 2025 at 5:00 AM
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If #business wants “sharper thinking, deeper #innovation, and [teams with more #resilience], they must … start designing environments that unlock [the brain’s] full capacity [whole-brain work]

“… Performance isn’t just about who you hire. It’s about the conditions you create.”

#culture #strategy
October 31, 2025 at 9:10 PM
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A missing ingredient in many organizations’ AI efforts is a #systemsdesign approach that looks at the underlying elements of #strategy, #orgdesign, and process for cohesive team results—in other words, firmly establishing natural intelligence before automating it

www.fastcompany.com/91420607/how...
How data orchestration unlocks enterprise AI success
Three ways companies need to overcome obstacles
www.fastcompany.com
October 31, 2025 at 5:24 AM