For most of my life, I have carried a set of loves and obsessions: design, architecture, fashion, dance, rhetoric, protocol, and etiquette. A few years ago, I had a realization. These weren’t parallel interests, they were all expressions of the same fixation: form. In each of these disciplines, form is primary. Form isn’t something a… Continue reading Form.
Real Power
There are forms of power that require consent: laws, rights, institutions, elections, norms, ethics, morality… They only function when all sides agree to a shared premise. We are no longer in one of those moments. But there are forms of power that do not require permission—forms you can exercise unilaterally. These are where you should… Continue reading Real Power
How to Read a LinkedIn Profile
See what’s actually there. The top half shows performance — how they want to be seen. The bottom half shows formation — who they are, what they trust, and what they still need to prove. The top half tells you how to enter the conversation — their frame of self-importance. The bottom half tells you… Continue reading How to Read a LinkedIn Profile
Geoffrey MacDougall 