How Not to Feel Dumb in Meetings — This is a short overview for senior executives, c-suite and board members of some key trends and concepts relating to Bitcoin that will help you remain accountable while identifying bullshit. Knowing a little about the few things most likely to impact your organisation may save you future embarrassment. …

Like it or not, universities are uniquely positioned to be susceptible to various kinds of exploitation and digital attacks as a result of the arrival of cryptocurrencies. The most challenging part is that these threats are difficult to identify until after the fact. When you combine unfettered access to electricity…

NotPetya, WannaCry and BadRabbit. No, these aren’t the names of Coachella’s headliners (though you could’ve fooled me). …

Rethinking how we talk about what we earn — How many conversations have been wasted discussing how much colleagues, friends or family make in a year without them present? I say ‘wasted’ because that’s exactly what you’re doing. Guessing what someone makes and then extrapolating that number to paint a picture of their overall financial position is unlikely to…

Despite receiving attention from every conceivable media outlet in the previous six months, cryptoasset awareness may be high, but adoption still remains low. Technological, security and economic barriers to understanding may have played a role in preventing greater adoption among retail investors. A survey of 2,000 American adults in Dec…

Choose your idols wisely. If you stripped away status/wealth would you still look up to them? You were shortchanged by your parents in some way, and they were shortchanged by their parents. You will shortchange your children. Accept and let it go. Short term highs have only one purpose- to…

In 1957, a Russian American applied mathematician wrote a paper outlining a set of growth strategies for a given product and/or market. Almost 60 years later those same ideas are central to the strategies of hundreds of companies and brands worldwide. …