Notre Dame American Football Team on The Seashore with the Spanish Armada in the Background [TLDR: Two distinct narratives, separated by time and oceans, tell the tales of the Army football team’s encounter with Notre Dame in 1913 and the Spanish Armada’s ill-fated expedition against the British Navy. These stories, seemingly unrelated, share a common […]

“Science progresses one funeral at a time”. — Max Planck The Musicians of the Titanic: A Tale of Unnecessary Bravery On that fatal night in April 1912, the musicians of the Titanic played heroically, even as the ship was sinking. Their bravery was legendary, but it should never have reached that point. The musicians should never have perished.

“All great truths start as blasphemies.” — George Bernard Shaw In the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, the seas were treacherous, and scurvy claimed the lives of countless sailors. Among them were brave men sailing with Vasco da Gama in 1497 around the Cape of Good Hope. By the journey’s midway point, 110 or 278 sailors had died of scurvy.

Imagine having two rabbits in a meadow, each pair having two babies. So, you start with two rabbits, then 4, then 8, and so on — it keeps doubling exponentially. This is like a population explosion. However, at some point, there are so many rabbits that there isn’t enough food for all of them. This makes it

Variations on a Theme: The Cycle of Life, Theme #1 by SputnicArtFactory It’s that time of year when you plant bulbs if you wish to enjoy their flowers in the spring. Not all bulbs will make it; some may fall prey to insects, while others succumb to harsh conditions. To mitigate the inevitable, a savvy

“The beginning seems to be more than half of the whole.” — Aristotle, ‘The Nicomachean Ethics’ Aristotle’s quote suggests that the initial stages of any task are crucial because they set the tone, direction, and foundation for the entire endeavour. It highlights that a good start is disproportionately significant because it shapes the trajectory. This phenomenon applies

“There are scientific ways to address a new idea or project. If you take the conservative scientific route, you study the problem in your head or on paper until you are sure there is no chance of failure. However, you have taken so long that the competition has already beaten you to market. The entrepreneurial

“There is at least one point in the history of any company when you have to change dramatically to rise to the next performance level. Miss the moment, and you start to decline.” Andy Grove When organisations are disrupted, leaders sometimes claim they did not see it coming, but most were aware of the noticeable trends.

“The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance; it is the illusion of knowledge.” — Stephen Hawking. TLDR: The “bullwhip effect” and the “dead cat bounce” are supply chain management and finance concepts, respectively. They both show how misreading signals and making quick judgments can lead to costly errors. These concepts remind us of the importance of correct

Tom Fisk on Pexels “Good fences make good neighbours.” — Robert Frost, ‘Mending Wall’, 1914 I’ve been travelling extensively recently, delivering workshops and keynote speeches. Flights offer a unique opportunity to read with minimal digital distractions. During my descent into Frankfurt on a recent flight, I was captivated by the rich network of agricultural boundaries sprawled out below. Coincidentally,