Announcing the launch of the Commoncog Case Library, setting the Learning in Ill-Structured Domains series free, and one more thing.| Commoncog
We trace Michael Dell's skill at the art of capital in business, and use it to examine how skill at capital allows you to make moves that aren't available to a novice business operator.| Commoncog
Two examples of operators who were strong on the capital side of the business expertise triad, but weak in just about everything else.| Commoncog
Andy Beal's story is an astounding story of capital allocation, incidentally making him America's richest banker. A guest post by Frederik Gieschen.| Commoncog
David Epstein's mediocre book argues the merits of being a generalist. Instead of reading it, read this and subscribe to Epstein's newsletter.| Commoncog
What if you could reach into the heads of great businesspeople and pluck out the superstructure of their expertise? Commoncog has a unique approach to the study of business. This is that approach. In the late 1980s, the US Military began funding a branch of psychology called ‘Naturalistic Decision Making’| Commoncog
How Eleven Madison Park survived the 2008 Global Recession ... and what this tells us about operating through the capital cycle.| Commoncog
If the most unlikely, most un-businesslike person could become a masterful capital allocator late in her life, then perhaps you could, too.| Commoncog
Everything that we covered in 2023, and what to expect now that Commoncog has a new direction.| Commoncog
How Koch Industries became an empire. We draw on ideas from both the Becoming Data Driven series and the Capital Expertise series.| Commoncog
The unspoken secret about new company formation is that you need to get lucky. Roll the dice, get a business outcome. Capital allocation matters because it gives you a path to winning even when you lose the initial roll.| Commoncog
The skill of capital allocation — a mysterious, under-discussed element of remarkable business performance.| Commoncog
What does it mean to be data driven in business? Most people think being data driven means looking at charts on a daily basis. Or they attempt to use data in their orgs, and then fall into one of the many traps that come with the territory. How do you| Commoncog
What a famous investing framework — part of the modern canon of value investing — tells us about the expertise of capital in business.| Commoncog