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Adaptive vs. Technical: The Shift in Thinking That Changes Everything

“Dr. Faller, this one’s for you.” As I wrap up my first year in the doctoral program at Teachers College, Columbia University, I’ve been reflecting on the concepts that have shifted how I think, work, and communicate. These aren’t just academic theories—they’re tools for transformation. Tools I believe can help all of us make the […]

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A New Metaphor for Motivation

I’ve been thinking about how people think, how they change, how they think about change, and how they think to change… which is why I’ve been thinking we need a new way to think about not only how people think but also how they think about changing. In other words, I believe we need a

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Duck Bunny

For those of you familiar with my first book, ​Find Your Red Thread: Make Your Big Ideas Irresistible​, I talk about what I call the “problem pair,” or more familiarly, the “duck bunny,” after an old 19th-century​ optical illusion​ of a duck that looks like a bunny, or a bunny that looks like a duck,

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