I was first exposed to the term coolhunting in William Gibson’s Pattern Recognition. “What I do is pattern recognition. I try to recognize a pattern before anyone else does.” — Cayce Pollard, in Pattern Recognition…
Writing
Building an Ecosystem
How do you design and build a business ecosystem or an ecology in such a way to achieve the goals you’re trying to pursue? Design the system to fit into the context in which you…
Simple Solutions
Why do people make things complicated? Because it is easier to develop a complex solution than it is to create something simple. The creation of a simple, elegant solution requires discipline and the ability to…
Mind the Gap
Is it possible to have an economy operate like an ecological system? In this approach, balance is paramount and everyone profits, including employees, customers, suppliers, and the sources of the raw materials. I believe that…
Relentless
I recently finished watching Alex Gibney’s 2015 film Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine. The tagline for the movie is “Bold. Brilliant. Brutal.” The movie was informative and I learned one key piece of information about…
Standing Up
Why does everything start to look and sound the same after a period of time? At these moments, I stand up, take a look around, and assess the situation. I very often find that this is…