E Newsletter Starting Dialogues PSA: Update on the progress + introducing Dialogues. Geopolitics and geo-economics. The Salisbury Skripal novichok affair.
A podcast "Propaganda at Its Most Innocent" Why propaganda? How propaganda? and What can you do? Oliver covers provable propaganda in Hollywood & the (predominantly) US media, with examples from Iraq (twice), Syria, Ukraine, & Russiagate. We also touch on modern leadership and Russophobia.
A podcast Iranian School Poisonings, Mexican Electoral Reform, Ukraine Narrative | Pick and Roll We break down the Western media coverage of Iranian school poisonings, Mexican Electoral Institute Reform, and Ukraine narrative changes.
E Newsletter Ukrainian Myths and Myth-Conceptions Busting myths and misconceptions about Ukraine that are promoted by the propaganda machinery of the Western media, Western politicians, and the Kyiv regime—and offering a more helpful narrative. It's an unthankful job to fight BS, but has to be done.
E Newsletter The LinkIn Lawyer: Unprofessional Network What's the point of LinkedIn? Their brand problem and their unprofessionalism. Censorship and brand value impacts.
E Newsletter Goebbels, Brand Management, and Genocidal Myth Making Why did "Holodomor" myth took a real Soviet tragedy and turn it into a fake genocide? What does Goebbels have to do with brand management and the West's (anti-)marketing campaign of "Russia bad"?
E Newsletter False Flags, False Narratives 2014 Maidan, 2022 Mariupol and Bucha. One is a proven false-flag massacre perpetrated by the Ukrainian far-right. The others fit similar patterns. Having already made a case for why this is not a coincidence, I discuss further implications.
B Log Mariupol & Bucha: Narrative v Reality Who shot at the civilian humanitarian corridors in Mariupol? What really happened in Bucha? How to use critical thinking and game theory principles to sift through BS and separate reality from narratives.
Members only E Newsletter A Dirty Dozen (Thinking Principles) How I process information: a dozen principles. This piece builds on the NY Times Disinformation article and expands the principles I apply when processing information.
B Log NY Times: Disinformation Central? How I Lost Trust in the Western Mainstream Media and What to Do About It
Members only E Newsletter 2022 & 11/12-ths New pricing, new content, geopolitics, international relations, foreign policy, Ukraine, personal story, mis- and disinformation, how to filter the news.
Paid-members only (Premium) Decision Course + Transcripts The Experimental Finale, Part 2: Summary + Q&A
Members only A podcast (Public) "What Can You Use a Screwdriver For?" (Public) Do you know what people do with screwdrivers? Have you ever managed children at a party using "fun" objectives? Heard of Porsche's "strategic drift"? Tried to set boundaries in your relationships? All this and more…
Paid-members only (Premium) Decision Course + Transcripts "Any Figure That Looks Interesting or Different Is Usually Wrong"
Members only A podcast (Public) "Measurement Is Creativity's Bizarre Half-Sister" (Public) 20% of the bees in the hive ignore the waggle dance. Why? What do the efficiency-oriented bee accountants say? How do you measure the RoI on the rogue bee activity? How is any of this relevant to innovation? Listen to Rory Sutherland, Vice Chairman of Ogilvy, to get the answers.
Paid-members only (Premium) Decision Course + Transcripts "Measurement Is Creativity's Bizarre Half-Sister"
B Log Brand Architecture Primer: Branded Houses Are Dying Out David Aaker (pictured) has been very prolific: Brand Identity Model, Brand Equity Model, Brand Relationship Spectrum… Here, we look at his Brand Relationship Spectrum.
