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The California Pizza Kitchen story: how two lawyers quit the courtroom to reinvent restaurants 87f20253eefc96960aba80031327711f

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The California Pizza Kitchen story: how two lawyers quit the courtroom to reinvent restaurants

admin July 21, 2026

After his mother's death pushed him out of law, Rick Rosenfield and partner Larry Flax bet everything...

The four hidden landmines destroying your team’s performance 2a5ebd02339208352705ad8ace188574

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The four hidden landmines destroying your team’s performance

admin July 14, 2026

You can't manage what you can't see. Here are the invisible traps that quietly drain value —...

My Microsoft exit with no business plan led to a $40 billion internet company—and a debate over risk vs. timing b1d89bb818b91e59622f7fd0da507daa

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My Microsoft exit with no business plan led to a $40 billion internet company—and a debate over risk vs. timing

admin July 9, 2026

In my new book Counterintuitive, I talk about how one thing that isn’t taught enough is the...

Bernie Sanders told me exactly why he had to run. The Democratic Party still isn’t listening 8f9c3f93b60d718db5cd8475676783b4

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Bernie Sanders told me exactly why he had to run. The Democratic Party still isn’t listening

admin July 7, 2026

Tad Devine flew to Burlington to talk Bernie Sanders out of running. What Sanders said changed his...

China isn’t trying to beat the U.S. at AI — it’s playing a completely different game 0c61074495f913e018e11dd286f0cb9f

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China isn’t trying to beat the U.S. at AI — it’s playing a completely different game

admin June 16, 2026

While Silicon Valley bets billions on frontier models and AGI, China is industrializing AI from the ground...