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Can AI Make Us Better Parents (and Better Co-Workers)?
What Happens When We Say, “Let’s Find Out” Together The other day I asked ChatGPT a question that a child might ask: Why do squirrels have such long tails? The answer surprised me. It explained that squirrels use their tails for balance, for warmth, for communication, even as a kind of parachute when they fall. I’d never thought about most of that. What struck me wasn’t just the completeness of the answer, but the feeling that I’d just learned something quietly marvelous. I

Mike Durand
Oct 27, 20253 min read


Field Guide to Social Media Species
LinkedIn has its own wildlife. If you watch long enough, recognizable species appear, each displaying their own distinctive behaviors.

Mike Durand
Oct 20, 20251 min read


The Radio Test
How to tell if your presentation is decoration or story There’s a familiar phrase in business communication: “Show, don’t tell.” It’s sound advice — in moderation. The idea is to use examples rather than adjectives, to earn trust through evidence. Instead of saying a product is innovative , you show how it solves a problem in a way no one else has. Fair enough. But perhaps that rule has gone too far. It assumes that what’s seen is always more persuasive than what’s fe

Mike Durand
Oct 13, 20254 min read
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