Studio Notes
Weekly essays on the decisions behind innovation—the patterns that repeat, the mistakes that are predictable, and what actually works.
I Told the Department of Education Their Graduates Were Useless
The room went silent. But I'd been watching this crisis unfold for decades—starting on a factory floor in 1981
The Daily Journaling Habit That Helped Me Find My Authentic Innovation Self
For the first time, I'm sharing the deeply personal practice that transformed me from a "rinse and repeat" performer into an authentic innovator—and why this matters more now than ever.
The WSJ Got Quarterly Reporting Wrong: A Corporate Executive's Response
Why James Mackintosh's defense of quarterly reporting ignores what actually happens in corporate boardrooms.
Why the People Who Disagree with You Are Your Secret Weapon
How intelligent opposition transforms your thinking from weak assumptions into rigorous reasoning—and why most people avoid this advantage entirely.
The 10-Minute Airport Conversation That Generated HP Billions
How a casual exchange at San Jose Airport became HP's gaming empire—and why most executives miss these moments entirely
Can an Innovation Be Impossible?
Five questions reveal which 'impossible' ideas become billion-dollar breakthroughs—while experts dismiss them as fantasy.
The Innovation Fatigue Crisis: Why Your Best Ideas Are Getting Ignored
Your best innovation ideas aren't losing to bad ideas – they're losing to exhaustion. Intelligence doesn't predict innovation success. Attention allocation does.
You Get to Choose: Which Innovation Decision Topic Should I Tackle First?
Behind closed doors, smart executives wrestle with decisions that textbooks don't cover. Here's what keeps them awake.
The Thinking Hack That Built Billion-Dollar Companies
While competitors think harder, start thinking laterally—the systematic method for finding breakthrough innovations hiding in plain sight.
The 50-Year Overnight Success: What Dr Bose Taught Me About Innovation Patience
How deliberately slowing down in a world obsessed with speed transformed my approach to breakthrough innovation decisions
