Complexity kills performance

Bulgarian weightlifters shocked the world in the 1980s. Under Coach Ivan Abadjiev’s system, they dominated Olympic competitions with a radical approach – they eliminated most exercises. While others performed 20+ different movements, Bulgarian athletes did...

Hidden danger

Some people blast their foghorn of virtue while navigating treacherous waters with deceptive charts. They deftly point fingers outward, masking their moral compass with a theatrical display of indignation. The loudest voices often carry the quietest truths. Their...

When speed kills value

Ron Johnson’s arrival at JCPenney in 2011 perfectly captures the collision between good intentions and hasty execution. Fresh from his Apple retail success, Johnson launched a radical transformation – eliminating coupons, restructuring prices, and renovating...

When your gut speaks

Listening or Analyzing “The intellect has little to do on the road to discovery. There comes a leap in consciousness, call it intuition or what you will, and the solution comes to you, and you don’t know how or why.” – Albert Einstein Our...

Selective memory

Bombarded by data, our brains perform an astonishing feat. Research reveals we process about 34 gigabytes of information during our waking hours – equivalent to watching 100,000 words scroll by each day (reading an entire novel or scrolling through nearly 3,000...