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💕 all work aimed at creating something new involves not-knowing

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I published a book based on >10 years of field research about the kind of mindset that truly innovative people and teams have. This is a mindset that sees the differences between uncertainty and risk, and which is able to use uncertainty as a prompt for doing new things. This mindset also happens to produce ways of organising teams and businesses so that they are more innovative. More about the book here: https://uncertaintymindset.org/index.html#reviews Available in bookstores and online at all the usual places.

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idk is a tool for productive discomfort. Each of its 52 cards prompts you to do something uncomfortable that is structured to stimulate learning and growth. Users say it is "sneakily life-changing" and "unexpectedly important." idk is designed to be used indefinitely. https://www.productivediscomfort.org/

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itap of a pigment drawing by david nash, at annely juda

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gm Meaningmaking can happen in self-evidently significant ways. One e.g. of Big Meaningmaking: ICJ oral proceedings on indiv states' obligations to protect the present and the future against anthropogenic climate change. tl;dr: Subjective value decisions are the domain of meaningmaking. These proceedings are high-stakes meaningmaking with consequences for us today and into the future. Only humans can (and should) do meaningmaking: uncertaintymindset.substack.com/i/144865578/... Summary of day 1 of the ICJ hearings: enb.iisd.org/events/inter...

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itap a closeup of the crazy nails of the woman talking very loudly opposite me on the way to heathrow

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itap of riou-archipel and morgiou near sunset

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la grande candelle, in the calanques of marseille

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extremely inauthentic

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i just wrote about the strategic virtues of the small-TAM tech company — the kind that will never get VC funding but is nonetheless essential for robust real-world economies and the hoped-for widespread adoption of AI. read here: https://uncertaintymindset.substack.com/p/sweetspot tl;dr version: these small-TAM tech companies have 1. big but underserved markets 2. serious competitive moat from small TAM 3. can get big, but in sustainable not silly ways

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catalans always

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ramping up using idk decks for strategy training and capability development. i designed idk as a tool for learning how to become more comfortable with uncertainty. these decks are headed for the innovation team of a global [redacted] corporation. more info here: www.productivediscomfort.org or drop me a note if you want to chat about idk and building org capacity for uncertainty...

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mattia carfagna, malauva, and binner

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gigantes and scarlet runners from 2 peas in a pod, kale from eyguieres, frozen chicken stock from 2022 😑

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catalans always

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at the welcome bar

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back at the best beach

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