In the last post, I introduced the difference between signs and signals. At the simplest level, signs are the observable inputs. Signals are what those inputs get interpreted to mean. From an individual perspective, that shows up in familiar ways: your resume, your experience, your credentials. These are the signs. What people believe those things […]

For reasons that probably say something strange about me, I’ve been thinking about traffic signals a lot lately. Not because I’m secretly passionate about municipal infrastructure or have taken up a side hustle in urban planning. If anything, I’m the person who still gets irrationally annoyed when a left turn arrow takes too long. But […]

The 30-second pitch has been in the world of career advice for so long that it now feels less like advice and more like a professional rite of passage. We are told to keep it polished and ready, just in case someone important appears and asks us to summarize our entire professional existence before handing […]