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19
Jan

The Kitchen Protocol

Before Auguste Escoffier, professional kitchens were chaos. Orders shouted into a void. No acknowledgment. No confirmation. Food emerged or didn&
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16
Jan

Dormant Content Payoffs

2014... James Clear writes an article called "The Physics of Productivity." Nobody cares. It sits on his website.
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15
Jan

Pep's Two Rules

Champions League stage. Penalty shootout about to begin. Everything on the line. Pep Guardiola pulls his players aside. His advice
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14
Jan

Depth Transfers, Breadth Doesn't

"I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but the man who has practiced one
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13
Jan

The Tentative Trap

Brian Urlacher made mistakes. Eight Pro Bowls. Four First-Team All-Pro selections. Hall of Fame. He still missed tackles. Still read
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12
Jan

The Pre-Suasion Question

"Do you consider yourself a helpful person?" You said yes. Of course you did. Who says no to
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09
Jan

The Translation That Killed

Morton Thiokol's engineers said don't launch. They had the data. Cold temperatures. O-ring erosion. 53 degrees
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08
Jan

Congruence Over Control

Boeing's stated values: "Safety is at the core of who we are." Dennis Muilenburg, then-CEO, in
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07
Jan

The Learning Lag

You made a change on Monday. Something broke. But which change caused it? By the time you saw the problem,
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06
Jan

The Vanishing Middle

Ten years from now, consulting has two price points. Premium. And free. You're not wrong to feel the
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