Pipeline for Monday, September 21, 2026

A practitioner's stance toward inquiry is his attitude toward the reality with which he deals.

In the language of disruption, here is what this means: Unless top managers actively manage this process, their organization will shape every disruptive innovation into a sustaining innovation--one that fits the process, values, and economic model of the existing business, because organizations cannot naturally disrupt themselves.

Meeze point--the number of actions you can put on your daily list before you overload yourself.

Only one profession has developed a refined philosophy and comprehensive system of how to work. That profession is the culinary arts, and that philosophy and system is called mise-en-place.

Companies that did a lot of strategic planning performed, on average, no better than companies that did strategic planning.

Diagram: Talent (individual)-Domain/Discipline-Field (Judges, inst)-Back to talent.

Once television became a household fixture, more kids started playing the game, trying left hand layups, crossover dribbles, graceful hook shots, and other skills that seemed routine among star players. And by getting better, each kid inadvertently enriched the learning environment for the kids he or she was playing against. Because one thing that makes you better at basketball is playing with kids that are a little more skilled.

In Eastern Philosophy the masters call this sweet spot wu wei (oo-way). Wu means "not here" or "without." Wei means "do," "act," or "effort." So Wu Wei, literally "without action" or "without effort" means "trying without trying," "action without action," or "effortless doing."