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Visual Wisdom is now Asok's Letter.
The newsletter is taking a new turn.
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March 2021

Who's got the monkey?
How managers end up adopting their subordinate's issues.
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Goodhart's Law
When a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure.
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Is there such a thing as too much optimism?
The science behind the good and bad of optimism.
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February 2021

Beware of Filter Bubbles.
How social media can trap us inside ideological bubbles.
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The Power of Believing in Someone.
The connection between expectations and ability.
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Thinking beyond domains.
How domain dependence can constrain creative ideas.
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January 2021

The Zen of Thinking Differently.
The yin and yang of divergent and convergent thinking.
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Amazon's Secret Sauce for Innovation.
How Amazon wins bigly through a portfolio of small bets.
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Charlie Munger's No: 1 Mental Model.
The keystone mental model that helps Charlie Munger avoid bad decisions.
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What makes Peloton work?
The mental models behind Peloton's massive success.
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December 2020

Visual Wisdom 26: The power of thinking in reverse.
Using the inversion principle to solve hard problems.
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