Solarpunk sensibilities for enterprise tricksters 🧙‍♂️ Originally published on the 5th of November 2020 at drjasonfox.com/blog/solarpunks-plant-things

A mantra for directionality in leadership. When at a loss as to what to decide or do, a simple thing to ask yourself is: Does this help us coordinate at higher levels of complexity? If ‘yes/maybe’ then: it’s probably a ‘good’ idea, and worth investing effort in. …

Or: why you need to venture into the dark if you want your values to work. This article is me ‘thinking on a page’ (mostly in draft). I’m preparing a tailored keynote for a client who has decided that they need to refresh and revitalise their values for their organisation. …

Our ability to un-know may be the key to future relevance. Negative capability. It sounds like a bad thing, but it isn’t. I wish this kind of capability upon leaders today. We have been (and continue to be) afflicted with an ‘alpha-masculine’ archetype of a leader.* This may serve us…

It makes for better writing. At the turn of the solstice I (softly) declared that I was going to share ‘50 insights in 50 days’. I thought that Medium would be the ideal place to do this — but I don’t think I have been approaching it right. I had…

Yes—but not in the way you think. Richard Feynman was a legendary scientist whose wit and wisdom I deeply admire, and The Feynman Technique has been touted as the best way to learn anything. The Feynman Technique works as so: 1. Choose a concept or subject 2. Teach it to a…

Why procrastination makes for wiser decisions. When faced with complex but not life threatening challenges, procrastination is a skill worth fostering. The key distinction is if the work is complex or not. If the work is simple, discrete and concrete—then procrastination is probably not a blessing. In the industrial era…

Except this short article. Most of the ‘how to be successful’ books, stories and articles we read can be summarily dismissed. ‘Success’ is the word that hoists a red flag, pings our BS detector, and sees our arms folded and eyes askance. In fact, it’s probably best to simply remove…

It’s also self-love but hey: it’s complex. Here’s a ‘paradox of self’ to consider. If you were completely content with yourself — if you loved and accepted yourself exactly as you are — there would be no need to improve anything about yourself. But if there were parts about yourself…