Why everyone hates everyone, especially your giving program

Vague mission statements and ambitious social programs are overly risky in the 2020s. Time to get focused, get emotional and tell stories.

Aug 9 • 

Robin Moroney

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June 2025

May 2025

The Case for Thought Service

Why your thought leadership program is ass backwards. Start with the thinking problems people want solved, not your need to have a mic strapped to your…

May 28 • 

Robin Moroney

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The Debate is Over

In an age where conversation is the most influential skill, we need to rethink what it means to be authentic. It's about creating an ideal us, not an…

May 20 • 

Robin Moroney

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Want to win at AI? Read a book

The case for building up mental muscle to leverage AI better. X-post with Musings from AI

May 15 • 

Robin Moroney

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Lynette Webb

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March 2025

All the Best Questions

Christopher Smith's new AI book argues that the people with the smart answers are just boring -- it's the people with smart questions who will win the…

Mar 18 • 

Robin Moroney

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You Can't Win If You Don't Know What Unwinnable Looks Like

Zelensky did just about as well as anyone could do in the same situation. The lesson is to recognize when you're about to face the same situation.

Mar 3 • 

Robin Moroney

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February 2025

Value Investing for Comms: Go All-In on Principles

Leaders invest in a lifelong portfolio of principles, stories and proofs for their comms. Chronic underinvestment in principles is your advantage, as…

Feb 24 • 

Robin Moroney

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CVs in a Machine Age: “AI should enhance our unique voices, not replace them”

Musing on AI: A long-time hiring manager wants to convince you that the best CVs are really powerful acts of self-expression and has a vision for how AI…

Feb 19 • 

Robin Moroney

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Lynette Webb

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January 2025

Effortlessly engaging with ideas takes a lot of work

Cultivating ideas is what will separate you from AI, yet our education for future leaders focused on everything else

Jan 27 • 

Robin Moroney

Salutes and the Stupidity of Genius

Very smart people are incredibly dumb when it comes to doing things in public. Elon Musk is following a long tradition and constant problem for comms…

Jan 23 • 

Robin Moroney

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Don't think like a brain in a jar

Your body is the best thinking tool there is. AI lets us use it like never before.

Jan 16 • 

Robin Moroney

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Lynette Webb

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