I recently learned about a business exercise called the Marshmallow Challenge. It was created by designer Peter Skillman as a way to explore how teams solve problems. It is simple enough. Divide people into teams of four, hand them a handful of spaghetti sticks, a roll of tape, and a single marshmallow. Then give them …
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Ever noticed how Coca-Cola just hits different at McDonald’s? It’s colder, crisper, bubblier—like it took a cold shower, ironed its shirt, and showed up early to impress. Try it sometime. Taste a Coke from Burger King, Wendy’s, maybe Culver’s, and then take a sip at McDonald’s. One taste, and you’ll nod your head in agreement: …
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Today, I was thinking about a moment I shared with my son—not once, but twice. A moment so unforgettable, so chaotic and beautiful, it feels like something between a sports documentary and a Southern campmeeting. It was last October, under the lights of Neyland Stadium, when Tennessee did the unthinkable—beat Alabama. Again. I was wearing …
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Sons learn from fathers, but that’s not just true for people. It’s true for birds, too.
Something has gone wrong for an endangered black and yellow bird species in Australia, the regent honeyeater. Researchers found that 12 percent of male regent honeyeaters in the study failed to learn any songs specific to their species. Only a few hundred of these birds remain, so it’s a severe problem.
The males are not learning the love song they need for courtship with females. The males have to learn it from the father birds. But when young males don’t have proper role models, they learn the wrong songs from the wrong birds.
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