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Accelerate business expertise. This account contains automated blog updates; for author updates, follow @ejames_c
Singapore
Joined April 2018
We've got a new post on Commoncog! π Stop Worrying About Survivorship Bias With This One Weird Trick
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Why successful investors and businesspeople tell you to learn from business history β and what they do so survivorship bias isnβt a problem.
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We've got a new post on Commoncog! π The Creation of a Skilled Tycoon
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What it looks like when an Asian tycoon gets good at the game of business.
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We've got a new post on Commoncog! π The Shape of The Game We Play
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The weird thing about learning business is that some things must be learnt through practice, but some things are best learnt through reading.
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We've got a new post on Commoncog! π What Even is a Tech Bubble, Anyway?
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What Data General and the minicomputer boom can tell us about our present moment.
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We've got a new case on Commoncog π The Rise and Fall of Data General https://t.co/2ywGEYwav1
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We've got a new post on Commoncog! π The Only Thing That Matters
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Business skill as the ability to cut a messy business problem down to a single, most important thing.
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We've got a new case on Commoncog π The Fast Track Quick Screen Elimination Process: Jim Kilts at Gillette https://t.co/VM63Tk1jvE
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We've got a new post on Commoncog! π Letter to a Young Person Worrying About AI
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It is a common misperception that you must be able to predict the future to do well. But itβs possible to act without prediction, even in the face of AI. This is how.
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We've got a new post on Commoncog! π Completing Commoncogβs Repositioning (and Going On Paternity Leave)
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Notes on Commoncogβs 2025 repositioning, and taking a month off.
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We've got a new post on Commoncog! π How to Use AI Without Becoming Stupid
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A simple, universal rule for AI use, built on top of some smart philosophy, designed to be used as guiding policy for your business.
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We've got a new post on Commoncog! π The Joy of Small Markets
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If you want to get rich, the irony is that small markets are often better than large ones.
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We've got a new post on Commoncog! π Chaos and Coherence in Business
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Learning the right lessons from my old boss, in the wake of a successful acquisition.
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We've got a new post on Commoncog! π How to Run Smart Experiments When You Just Donβt Know
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How all good entrepreneurs run experiments at the earliest stages of a business, and how you can use this approach for your own career.
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We've got a new post on Commoncog! π A Vaccine for Anthropomorphism of AI
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How to resist thinking of large language models as friends. Or sentient things. Or intelligences you have to treat like God.
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We've got a new case on Commoncog π The Early Legacy of the Tatas: Steel, Science and Power https://t.co/zQoxhDr4A5
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We've got a new post on Commoncog! π The Tatas: When Virtue Works
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Why are the Tatas so much less corrupt than their contemporaries? How is their conglomerate still intact after five generations? The answer to an Asian conglomerate mystery, and Part 13 of the Asian...
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We've got a new course on Commoncog! π Announcing Speedrunning the Idea Maze
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A live course, limited to 30 people. Applications close 21st July.
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We've got a new post on Commoncog! π Putting the Jobs to be Done Interview to Practice
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Things we wished someone told us, before we put the JTBD interview to practice.
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We've got a new post on Commoncog! π Tycoon Succession
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Most Asian conglomerates are family-controlled businesses. Succession in any family business is a tricky thing. We look at a few cases as part of the Asian Conglomerate Series.
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