What Do You Believe?
It's one of the great ironies of dealing with mental health issues that often the most effective strategies are also the most...
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Find Better Problems
"The formulation of a problem is often more essential than its solution." —Albert Einstein and Leopold Infeld Impactful Ideas - At a...
The Power of a Nudge
A simple method for driving better decision-making in our businesses. Impactful Ideas - At a Glance: We all want to work on teams that...
The Key Ingredients of High-Performing Teams
Study conducted at Google identified five “effectiveness pillars” Impactful Ideas - at a glance: Google’s Project Aristotle was a...
Hybrid Outlining
The sportswriter Walter Wellesley "Red" Smith was once asked if writing a daily sports column was a difficult task. ”Why, no,” he...
Plans are Trivial. Planning is Critical.
“Plans are of little importance, but planning is essential.” —Winston Churchill At OneVision we recently a new operational planning and...
Writing as a Tool for Better Thinking
In an age of digital communication, the ability to write effectively has never been more important. Writing is arguably the most...
Curiosity: An Antidote to Bias
As we near the one-year anniversary of COVID19 landing on the shores of US, we seem as divided as ever about the path forward. This is...
Drop Your Tools
On August 5, 1949, a group of smokejumpers dropped from a plane to fight a forest fire in the Helena National Forest in Montana. Not long...
Leverage in the Overlooked
Hall of Famer Dennis Rodman is one of the greatest rebounders in the history of professional basketball. In the documentary, The Last...
Contextual Focus Blocks
A simple way to move more effectively through your to-do list. Of all the factors driving your productivity, task switching—the ability...
Waking Up
My heart slammed against my rib cage. Tightness gripped my chest as I struggled to breathe. My hands were cold and clammy. My thoughts...
Aim for Discomfort
You feel perpetually behind. Teammates waiting on you for answers. Appointments jamming your calendar like a game of Tetris. That big...
Zero Acceleration
"Dripping water hollows out stone, not through force, but through persistence." —Ovid, Roman poet We crave acceleration. We like the idea...
Seeking Order. Embracing Uncertainty.
For centuries, we have sought to understand what the world around us is made of. The ancient Greeks postulated a simple set of four...
Growth is Invisible
“Trees fall with spectacular crashes. But planting is silent and growth is invisible.” —Richard Powers, The Overstory All it takes is one...
Hiding in Plain Sight
"There are these two young fish swimming along and they happen to meet an older fish swimming the other way, who nods at them and says...
Effort Inversion
A better way to look at the relationship between effort and results. Greater effort equals greater results, right? We've been told this...
Creating Value by Uncovering Latent Talent
Finding the connection between your organization's current challenges and its untapped skills Recently, I was struggling through a...
The Juggler
What a day at the circus taught me about letting go of the fear of failure. Recently, my wife and I took our kids to the circus. At one...
The 3-Block Time Management Framework
The Three-Block Framework Above is a messy first sketch of a new system I'm experimenting with. The idea is to try and reduce the angst I...
In Praise of the Flank Attack
This Impactful Idea comes from Ryan Holiday's excellent book, "The Obstacle is the Way". “Whoever cannot seek The unforeseen sees...
Practice Persistence
This Impactful Idea comes from Ryan Holiday's excellent book, "The Obstacle is the Way". “He says the best way out is always through. And...