The Harbour Bridge via the Royal Australian Historical Society Flickr account. Welcome to a new edition of Linkness!
If you only read one thing.
- Most of what you are going to do or say today is not essential (Related, from the economics correspondent of The Australian: the growth of “bullshit jobs.”
Management.
- Square-shaped is the new T-shaped: What’s better than knowing a little about a lot and a lot about a little? Knowing a lot about a lot. | Mike Arauz
- To quit or not to quit? | Wrestling Possums
- The abundance of slowness: Learning to value smart work over hard work requires a paradigm shift, but pays dividends | Matt Steel
Innovation.
- An invention that marinated for 19 years | NYT
- Related: The plain-english guide to making the right product | Andrew Sprinz
Insights.
- Presenting ASMR, the world’s first online-only brain condition | Adam Peck
- Why tablet magazines are a failure | GigaOm
- What happens to planning when insight belongs to the maths geeks? | Almost always thinking
- Create a culture of sustainability in any company | FastCo Exist
Creativity.
- Am I uninspirable? On inspiration peddling | Flotsam
- The writer as meme machine: how has the internet altered poetry? | The New Yorker
- “Spend three full hours looking at the painting…” On the value of immersive attention | Harvard Magazine
STW Group news.
- Rhonda, Ketut, and the need for foreplay.
- Reclaiming a good name: Andrew Baxter’s latest for The Australian.
- InterContinental Hotels and Resorts brings Asia’s tropical havens to Australia via Ogilvy Sydney.
- DT gives Gen Y a snack in the face.
- Lobbyists are all born equal – so regulate the lot, writes Justin DiLollo.
OMG | cool | wow.
- Why do we hate seeing photos of ourselves?
- There is no difference between online and ‘real-life’ dating.
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