Do you ever get tired of the internet in its current, hyperpersonalized state? Do you ever long for the good old days of the web where you could stumble upon something cool and new and different and not have to search for the cool and new and different all the…

At a recent client, I assisted in implementing AI-based decision-making software. The software was straightforward to use — having a very minimal interface; it was designed to take on the burden of making decisions based on data instead of human intuition-one of those situations where people might feel that software…

I read today that several Twitch influencers are feeling burned out because “if they ain’t gaming, they ain’t making” (money, that is.) It’s gotten to the extent that some of them turn to advise other influencers and build tools for others. Where have I read this before? It’s old as…

What Is Memetic Theory I lightly covered mimetic theory in previous posts, a theory of human behavior posited by French philosopher Rene Girard. In short, the theory suggests that all conflict is based on envy — you can think about it as an expanded “keeping up with the Jones” — all of our drives…

Have you played WORDLE? If you haven’t, you’ve likely been under a rock — it’s a super popular word game that a developer supposedly invented as a time-waster while he was waiting for his girlfriend. The gist of it: you get six guesses to find a common five letter English…

I think I’ve covered how hard it is to innovate in the past. I think the main reason it is so difficult to innovate within organizations is that organizations are made up of people. And people fear change. People would instead stick with a horrible product or process that they…

If you are reading this it’s likely that you have innovation somewhere in your job title, or it could be in the name of your group. For some people, titles are all important and for others, not. But for me, I distinctly remember my first role where I had “Innovation”…

It seems that most of what ails the human race is fear. Fear of the unknown. Fear of change. Fear of looking stupid. Fear of missing out. You’d think, if only we could conquer our fears, then imagine how new and improved humans could be. We don’t want to be…