The OED defines complexity as “the state or quality of being intricate or complicated.” It’s synonyms include intricacy, complication, ramification, convolution, elaboration, multiplicity, and and involvement. The same dictionary defines simplicity as “the quality or…
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Weekly Roundup: Evolving Business
This is a collection of articles that caught my attention this week with the theme of evolving business. The impact of change is being felt across multiple sectors of the economy and is manifesting itself…
The cost of starting up
Over the years, one of the most informative items that I learned about modern professional cyclists was that during the off-season from mid-fall to late-winter they worked to stay within 5% of peak fitness. This…
A story of accidental innovation
On February 2, 2017 I posted A visual definition of strategy and it has by far become one of the most viewed articles on my blog. I’ve written 450+ pieces in the 2 years that…
Your organizing device
An organizing device is an anchor. It could be a specific source of inspiration for any kind of creative work or business project. If you are practicing architecture, it could be a key landscape feature…
Sustained creativity
Sustained creativity requires one to: take breaks not to get comfortable be open to new ideas continually explore get out of your comfort zone seek out what you don’t know generate more ideas, many of…