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October 17, 2023October 12, 2023 andreweverett360

Mark Ritson: Differentiation is not about uniqueness

Josh Stephenson wrote an article for MarketingWeek titled Ritson: Differentiation is not about uniqueness (31 July 2023).

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October 16, 2023October 12, 2023 andreweverett360

Mark Ritson: three areas where the marketing industry is missing the point

Chris Sutcliffe wrote an article for MarketingWeek titled Mark Ritson: Segmentation is not the prerequisite for success (5 October 2023).

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October 12, 2023 andreweverett360

Daniel Dennett’s Four Steps to Arguing Intelligently

Maria Popova wrote a post on The Marginalian titled How to Criticize with Kindness: Philosopher Daniel Dennett on the Four Steps to Arguing Intelligently.

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October 8, 2023October 12, 2023 andreweverett360

Better questions to start more substantive discussions

Marcel Schwantes wrote an article for Inc. titled Science Discovered That Banning Small Talk from Your Conversations Makes You Happier.

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September 24, 2023 andreweverett360

Poor writing transfers the work from the writer to the reader

A couple of thoughts on writing by Shane Parrish.

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September 22, 2023 andreweverett360

Good leaders tell their people “I’ve got your back”—and mean it.

Gregg Vanourek and Bob Vanourek wrote an article titled Leaders, Do You Have Your People’s Backs? (18 September 2023).

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September 20, 2023September 20, 2023 andreweverett360

Knightian uncertainty

I recently posted a review of the book Why Can’t You Just Give Me The Number? An Executive’s Guide to Using Probabilistic Thinking to Manage Risk and Make Better Decisions by Patrick Leach. In response, Rick Nason commented about the “Knightian distinction of risk & probability.”

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September 16, 2023 andreweverett360

LinkedIn Nonsense

Lucinda Holdforth wrote a piece for the Sydney Morning Herald titled ‘A lot of nonsense’: It’s time to call out LinkedIn (29 July 2023).

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September 3, 2023September 2, 2023 andreweverett360

Ludwig Erhard, Germany’s first Minister of Economics

Lawrence W. Reed wrote an article titled Ludwig Erhard: Architect of a Miracle. Erhard was the first Minister of Economic Affairs of the Federal Republic of Germany, a position he held from 1949 to 1963.

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September 2, 2023 andreweverett360

Visual artists fight back against AI companies for repurposing their work

Jocelyn Moveck and Matt O’Brien wrote an article for the Associated Press titled Visual artists fight back against AI companies for repurposing their work (31 August 2023).

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