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Last year, just as we were winding down for our annual (and very much needed) winter break, I scheduled a handful of check-in calls with some of Siberia’s closest clients. I framed them as year-end retrospectives — a chance to reflect on what had gone well, what hadn’t, and how we could work together better in the coming year. Frankly, I expected polite conversation and mutua...

Editor’s note: If you prefer, find a version in Spanish below

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Guillermo Flores Pacheco has a distinctive illustration style: vibrant colors, birds, lush plants, whimsical characters. It’s a style that has

I’m not sure about much of anything right now. The world is <waves arms around> a lot. How about you?

Here’s something that might help.

I recently caught up with Linda Hill, the Wallace Brett Donham Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School and chair of the Leadership Initiative. We were together to record an episode for the upc...

The launch of Kimi K3, the latest version of the Kimi chatbot, sent shockwaves last week and deftly tested the theory that

Editor’s note: In his first opinion piece for Design Observer, AKQA CEO Helder Santo explores the unintended consequences of AI and our growing reliance on technology for validation. He offers an unusual, and deeply human solution: to do your best work, stay doubtful. 

Doubt has a bad reputation.

It’s treated as a flaw to be coached out of people...