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Behind the Keynote: Joy, Productivity, and Profit

I help high-performing people in high-stakes environments build systematic approaches to problems that feel unsolvable. And I'm funny.

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Sep 29, 2026
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Latest issues

  1. Issue · Sep 29, 2026

    One Weird Phone Call Made Me Question My Entire Career (opens the original)

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    <img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="819" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!D5lV!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F70621df8-ffd0-47b7-a417-bcb57280ff20_1672x941.png"

  2. Issue · Sep 23, 2026

    I Graded 60 Jokes My Machine Wrote. The Funny Ones All Had One Thing In Common. (opens the original)

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    A machine I built writes jokes. I have spent twenty years finding out whether a joke works the other way, which is to say in front of strangers, at night, with no way to take it back. So I read sixty of the machine’s and marked each one alive or dead.<img alt="

  3. Issue · Sep 7, 2026

    AI Helped Me Fix My Dryer (opens the original)

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    I admit, I’m weird- I like “do it yourself” stuff. I like learning new things. I love a challenge. More than anything, I’m stubborn. When my wife told me we needed a new dryer, it was late, and I didn’t want to talk about it.The next day I tackled it. When you turned it on, it would just blink “sensing” forever, and never start. <a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ggoZ!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-medi

  4. Issue · Aug 18, 2026

    Sixty Seconds of Nothing... is Everything (opens the original)

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    <img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="819" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Stij!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F88d4592e-3085-4a08-b063-a09789545298_1600x900.png"

  5. Issue · Aug 13, 2026

    Only 20-35% of People Ever Really Change (opens the original)

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