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Maintenance Is Strategy: What Repainting Teaches Us About LeadershipThere’s something disheartening about repainting a building the same color it already was. All that effort, all that time — and at the end…Just nowJust now
Why Abstract Strategy Talks Are a Waste of TimeLook, I’m not here to sugarcoat it: most strategy discussions are hot air. You know the ones — endless meetings filled with buzzwords…2d ago2d ago
The Building Is Not the City: Rethinking the Industry from WithinBy all appearances, the architecture profession is intact. There are awards. Rankings. Conferences. Competitions. LinkedIn posts from…2d ago2d ago
Why the Handmade Still Moves UsThere are corners of the culture where algorithms haven’t found the coordinates yet. Regions off the grid, where something strange…2d ago2d ago
The Pataphoric Leader: Strategy Beyond the PossibleWhy some of the best leaders don’t just speak in metaphors: they build new worlds from them.3d ago3d ago
Beyond Metaphor: Designing with PataphorWhat if your metaphor had a life of its own — and then designed a city?3d ago3d ago
The Pataphor: Language’s Portal to Alternate RealitiesBeyond metaphor, deeper than allegory; welcome to the pataphor, where imagination outpaces logic and meaning splits into dimensions.3d ago3d ago
Circus Peanuts Don’t Contain Nuts — And That’s Why Metaphor Is Everything!Some things are more than they appear, and some things aren’t what they pretend to be. Take circus peanuts — neither from the circus, nor…3d ago3d ago