Why Fat Tigers Stop Hunting: What happens when comfort replaces challenge
I watched a video of tourists feeding wild Amur tigers through thick glass panels. The tigers barely moved. They lounged,
Mental Models
We use mental models as simplified representations of how things work. We can't store all of the information we encounter in our heads, so mental models are used to break complex ideas into manageable parts.
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How to Hunt a Buffalo: Why your target matters more than your effort
When you think of the hyena, you probably imagine a scavenger. The giant rat of the savannah. Movies like The
This is How a Forest Burns: How catastrophes start from trivially small things
Ninety percent of wildfires are caused by humans. Not lightning strikes, not volcanic eruptions, just mundane, everyday, run-of-the-mill negligence. Laziness.
Two Dollars For Your Life: How a trivial detail can undo everything
Everything you’ve worked for could be undone in an instant, by a triviality you’ve overlooked. I remember reading
Learning the wrong lessons: How Blockbuster's smartest move became its biggest mistake
Sometimes the most dangerous lessons are the ones we think we’ve learned too well. I’ve written a few
Frames Change Everything: The lens you use determines what you see
Your frame determines what you see and how you see it. Imagine looking through a camera's viewfinder -
Plan Your Misses: Near misses aren’t learning experiences
If you speed up to try and get past a traffic light that's turning red, there's
Useful but Fragile: Your best mental models have hidden limits
Some heuristics are useful but fragile. For example, "trust doctors". In most cases, this is a very useful
Luck and skill are connected: Why chance favours the prepared mind
Chess game. But at the highest levels, it's almost a game of luck. last Chess. If there was
The ladder of mastery: Why the rules you learn are meant to be transcended
Have you ever felt trapped by numbers? Metrics that at one point tracked success can begin to dictate it, chaining
Don't take this personally: Why failure is data, not destiny
Scientists don't see an unexpected outcome as a personal failure. They see it as data. Thomas Edison is
How to move twice as fast: Why most timelines are entirely arbitrary
When I first transitioned from corporate law to tech, I spent time working with a range of startups. At one,
