Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.
Eric Markowitz is a partner and the Director of Research at investment firm Nightview Capital. A former investigative journalist, with bylines in The New Yorker, GQ, Fast Company, among other[…]
Groundbreaking invention does not always translate to commercial benefits. The challenges that faced Microsoft Research help explain why.
Dean Carignan leads AI innovations within Microsoft Research and the Office of the Chief Scientist. He is the co-author of The Insider’s Guide to Innovation at Microsoft.
Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.
Eric Markowitz is a partner and the Director of Research at investment firm Nightview Capital. A former investigative journalist, with bylines in The New Yorker, GQ, Fast Company, among other[…]
Acting “little and often” has huge consequences and they’re not always good — but awareness yields solutions.
According to the legendary investor, the best method is a blueprint for “extreme success.”
The essential element needed for innovation is creative dissonance — and the keys to unlocking it were forged by bankers in Italy.
How to figure out the right amount of time for any project.
Stories of child prodigies and the naturally gifted hide the fact that success is built on more than talent alone.
That completely useless thing you want to get rid of — it’s probably more important than you think.
Borrow the same technique that produced McDonald’s, the Hawaiian pizza, the Beatles’ greatest hits, and Shakespeare’s rhetorical flair.
We often assume that movement means progress and that doing something is better than doing nothing. That is often not true.
For a plan to go as smooth as clockwork, be prepared to pounce on opportunity.
To break “analysis paralysis,” reduce the number of available options — and introduce an element of chance.