David GiardinoinThe StartupDead Malls Are Having a MomentA lesson from America’s misunderstood cultural graveyards.6 min read·Apr 21, 2021----
David GiardinoinThe StartupOur Toxic Relationship with FailureThe truth is that we’re only willing to talk freely about failure after it happens, at certain intervals, and in certain contexts. Our…5 min read·Apr 7, 2021--1--1
David GiardinoTwo Charts that Will Change How You Play Fantasy FootballMost draft strategies and player rankings prey on faulty assumptions, coercing you into making bad decisions that dramatically decrease…12 min read·Jul 17, 2020--1--1
David GiardinoinThe StartupThe New Rules of BrainstormingWorking remotely should inadvertently correct everything we get wrong about creativity and idea generation.5 min read·Apr 4, 2020----
David GiardinoinThe StartupYour Employer Does Not Define YouWe often connect our identity to where we work or what we do. Now, more than ever, it’s important to remember that this self-created…5 min read·Mar 25, 2020----
David GiardinoHow Small Words Reveal Big Things About UsStudies suggest that seemingly inconsequential language choices might reveal something about our identities (and our biases).6 min read·Mar 24, 2020----
David GiardinoinThe StartupWhat an NFL Replay Rule and Working From Home Have in CommonWhat happens when organizations prioritize decisions based on how they’ll look over what they’ll achieve?7 min read·Mar 22, 2020----
David GiardinoWe’re Too in Love with QuarterbacksOur love affair with the position is symbolic for the ways in which we misjudge how leaders influence their environment.7 min read·Mar 17, 2020----
David GiardinoinThe StartupWe’re Programmed to Form Teams (Right Now, That’s a Problem)Why are we still viewing a global health crisis through a partisan lens? It’s not what we say — it’s who’s saying it.7 min read·Mar 17, 2020----
David GiardinoNo, a 1981 Novel Didn’t Predict Coronavirus (But Here’s Why You Think it Did)As COVID-19 doomsday theories spread faster than the virus itself, it’s important for us to understand the ways in which our reasoning is…4 min read·Mar 15, 2020----