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The patterns behind innovation decisions. The signals to watch for, the questions that matter, and the thinking tools you can use immediately. New episodes every Wednesday. Audio wherever you get your podcasts. Video on YouTube. Twenty years and 20 million downloads. Now sharper than ever.

The R&D Metric Mark Hurd and HP Got Wrong

How one flawed benchmark drove years of R&D decisions and quietly drained HP's innovation pipeline.

The R&D Metric Mark Hurd and HP Got Wrong

How To Think for Yourself When Everyone Disagrees With You

Why your brain treats disagreement like danger, and a simple two-minute technique to protect your thinking.

How To Think for Yourself When Everyone Disagrees With You

How to Beat Decision Fatigue

Your brain doesn't shut down when it's tired. It quietly lowers its standards and never tells you.

How to Beat Decision Fatigue

How to Stop Overthinking Your Decisions

Gathering more information feels responsible. There's a point where it tips into overthinking and keeps you stuck.

How to Stop Overthinking Your Decisions

Mindjacking: When Your Opinions Aren't Yours

Every day you make decisions you think are yours. Most aren't. The algorithm decided, the expert weighed in, the crowd chose. You just clicked agree.

Be careful for mindjacking. It is when others take over thinking for you.

Mental Models — Your Thinking Toolkit

NASA engineers and management had the same data. Their conclusions were 1000x apart. The difference? The mental tools they used to think.

Mental Models — Your Thinking Toolkit