Essays

Technical notes on strategy, trust, systems, and durable growth.

Should Your Puzzler be Sore?

And the Grinch, with his Grinch-feet ice cold in the snow, stood puzzling and puzzling, how could it be so?   [Christmas] came without ribbons. It came without tags. It came without packages, boxes…

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The Time Machine Rock

I found a two-ton granite boulder wandering along the banks of the Madison River near Norris, MT a few weeks ago, and spent 22 minutes of my life focusing my vision only eight inches…

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NeoNeato (Lots of Patents Pending)

Holy grails do not exist, in spite of our best efforts to keep their ... holiness ... in context, design them according to our exact specifications, or even wish them into that stature.  …

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Heated Tents for Cold Spirits

I got pretty burned out on business, society and life in the weeks between the Lehman holiday and Thanksgiving.   But I feel pretty good now and maybe I have this tent and its…

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