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A flat, brightly coloured illustration of a squadron of different aircraft — biplane, jet airliner, fighter, propeller plane, glider, seaplane and helicopter — flying in formation across a cream sky.
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Decision Rehearsal: the skill you can't lecture into people

Pilots get simulators. The rest of us get PowerPoints. How to build the expertise that only comes from rehearsing real decisions under pressure.

AI as Taste
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AI as Taste

Not "which AI should I use" - but which one makes decisions like you do. We built something to find out.

Anyone Can Cook, But Someone Has to Taste the Soup
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Anyone Can Cook, But Someone Has to Taste the Soup

In 'Ratatouille', anyone can cook - but a great chef has to taste the soup. This applies to AI too. The skill now is judgment, not production.

Three AI Bets Every Services Business Is Already Making
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Three AI Bets Every Services Business Is Already Making

I gave a talk in Paris on AI acceleration. Not the "here's how to write better prompts" kind - the "where are you actually placing your chips" kind.

Mid-Career Might Be the AI Sweet Spot
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Mid-Career Might Be the AI Sweet Spot

Everyone's worried about juniors being replaced by AI. But what if mid-career professionals—with their judgment, context, and taste—are actually in the best position to thrive?

The format is the lesson
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The format is the lesson

Why training doesn't change behavior - and 30 interactive formats we built to fix it.

Family Reunion: Designing a 75-Minute Card Game for Family Office Executives
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Family Reunion: Designing a 75-Minute Card Game for Family Office Executives

A custom card game for TBN Americas' Catalytic Capital Summit in Guatemala - where family office executives navigated fictional investment decisions through three competitive rounds, external judges, and real tensions about legacy versus innovation.

The Ultimate Playtester: How we use custom GPTs to design better live experiences
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The Ultimate Playtester: How we use custom GPTs to design better live experiences

Learn how we eliminated workshop failures and delighted 135 senior leaders across 10+ countries without a single test participant.

Beyond the Book: Remixing Knowledge into Multi-Format Magic
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Beyond the Book: Remixing Knowledge into Multi-Format Magic

How extending core IP across new mediums creates deeper learning experiences

Inside Out: How a classroom experiment sparked the vision for Wavetable
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Inside Out: How a classroom experiment sparked the vision for Wavetable

When you stop presenting and start creating, something magical happens. This is the story of how one experimental classroom session evolved into a new vision for learning and growth.

Education vs. Learning vs. Training: Why the Words We Use Matter
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Education vs. Learning vs. Training: Why the Words We Use Matter

Education is done to you. Learning is opting in. Training makes it real. Simple distinctions that change everything.

Why every company should bring history in-house
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Why every company should bring history in-house

Disney has one. IBM too. Even 50-person companies now hire fractional historians - turning archives into assets that inform strategy.

How can A.I. be used to augment the end-to-end experience of live events?
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How can A.I. be used to augment the end-to-end experience of live events?

Royal Albert Hall panel at Barcelona conference - technology means technique, make small bets, friction isn't always bad if on-brand.

Global employee engagement levels are shockingly low
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Global employee engagement levels are shockingly low

Only 5% of Japanese employees engaged at work, 10% in UK, 32% in US - global average 23% means opportunity.

Making Moonshots: The power of open source brand toolkits
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Making Moonshots: The power of open source brand toolkits

Allbirds open-sourced their M0.0NSHOT shoe toolkit. Why opening your IP is smart for brand, talent and impact, and four ways to do it better than a PDF.

Learning is invisible ink
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Learning is invisible ink

Most people don't actually want to learn; the dips are ugly and demoralising. But making something? That's where learning hides.

Why human capital is the driver of Fortune 500 success
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Why human capital is the driver of Fortune 500 success

Fortune 500 value used to live in factories and inventory. Now it lives in people. What the flip to intangible assets means for how firms grow.

Why tension in learning can be magic
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Why tension in learning can be magic

Like great movies that keep us on the edge of our seats, strategic tension in learning creates engagement and memorable experiences.

Notes on how brands can help solve Wicked Problems
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Notes on how brands can help solve Wicked Problems

Brand activism is on customers' minds, but unpacking wicked problems requires more than good intentions - here's how brands can make a real difference.

Of Note - #7 - YouTube college credits, Buzzfeed training, and a unique playground
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Of Note - #7 - YouTube college credits, Buzzfeed training, and a unique playground

Three examples of Inside Out dynamics in action - from city design, creator economy, and corporate training.

Why the future of learning is in the middle
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Why the future of learning is in the middle

How becoming a workshop creator can unlock magical opportunities for learning and growth.

Why your employee retention problem isn't what you think it is
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Why your employee retention problem isn't what you think it is

The employee retention challenge isn't what most leaders think - here's what's really driving people away.

Why the future is Hot & Cool
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Why the future is Hot & Cool

Hot media, cool media, and why the mix matters for the future of learning and experience. A short take on where things are heading.

What Next? Notes from a conversation with Renetta McCann, Chief Inclusion Experiences Officer at Publicis Groupe
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What Next? Notes from a conversation with Renetta McCann, Chief Inclusion Experiences Officer at Publicis Groupe

Key takeaways from a conversation with Renetta McCann on complexity, adult learning, and the untapped potential of people managers.

What's in a name?
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What's in a name?

If traditional education is a classical recital, the future of learning is a mixtape. The story behind the name Wavetable.

Welcome to Edutainment 3.0
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Welcome to Edutainment 3.0

Creator-led courses, brand-backed universities, learning that feels like play. Welcome to Edutainment 3.0, a movement taking shape.

What people really want from new technology
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What people really want from new technology

They don't want features, or even benefits. It's about something more human

We're seeking curious humans
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We're seeking curious humans

Wavetable is seeking curious, T-shaped humans who want to create transformative learning experiences at the intersection of art and science.

The rise of the residency
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The rise of the residency

What DJs know about connection and craft - and why the art of the residency matters more than ever in our choice-saturated world.

The Community Corner podcast: using Edutainment to create engaging community experiences
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The Community Corner podcast: using Edutainment to create engaging community experiences

Howard shares tips on edutainment, James Bond-style openings, and how to make community gatherings more fresh and exciting.

The new Edutainment
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The new Edutainment

Education as business development (and beyond), teachers becoming more than just the new DJs, and the foundations of a big shift that’s here to stay.

The Educator in Residence
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The Educator in Residence

CAA became Hollywood's superpower partly by teaching its way there. Why an Educator in Residence could be your firm's quiet advantage.

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Rewriting The Playbook: Creating a portal for a Netflix documentary series

How Netflix's The Playbook documentary could become an immersive portal for fans to connect, learn, and discover with their heroes.

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Our take on How and Why to start a Cohort Based Course in 2021

19 insights on cohort-based courses - from facilitation skills to self-care, plus why the CBC hype might be more marketing than revolution.

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Navigating the Challenges of Leading a Multigenerational Workforce: How Company Leaders Can Bridge the Gap with Gen Z Employees

Gen Z employees are fundamentally different - they hit puberty as smartphones and social media reached critical mass. Leaders need new cross-generational approaches to bridge the gap.

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Fitness and Education: from IRL to URL

Bootcamps, sprints, workouts: education keeps borrowing fitness language. Eight lessons from fitness for the new era of online learning.

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18 elements of the Zoom revolution (remix)

A remix of Seth Godin's 18 ideas about the Zoom revolution, and what video calls could become once we stop treating them like meetings in disguise.

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