Issue #146, June 30, 2025 Welcome to Insights and Implications! Oh, innovation. Companies can’t survive long-term without it. And sometimes it’s hard to find. In this month’s newsletter Nikki and Robin explain how we already have built-in everything we need to innovate. All the best, All of us at Insight Principles Effortless Innovation When people discuss innovation, it’s good to distinguish the what from the how. Folks generally agree on the “what” of innovation: generating new useful/valuable ideas or insights. We usually find disagreement around the “how”. You have the (1) harder-faster camp (e.g., brainstorming) and the

Issue #143, March 31, 2025 Welcome to Insights and Implications! Uncertainty abounds right now, especially in the business world. Tariffs, fluctuating markets, unexpected challenges… it’s a lot for any company to navigate. The good news? As Nikki Platte reminds us, remembering your Insight Principles training can help you stay grounded and effective through all sorts of turbulence. All the best, All of us at Insight Principles Navigating Uncertainty Most of us are conditioned to see uncertainty as something to fear. But when we recognize that uncertainty itself isn’t stressful—it’s only our thoughts about it that create stress—we

Issue #136, August 30, 2024 Welcome to Insights and Implications! We spend a lot of time talking about Thought in our Insight Principles program. It’s a powerful principle, sometimes overly so. This month, Nikki Platte covers a topic that some of us know all too well - overthinking. We hope it’s helpful. All the best, All of us at Insight Principles Thinking About Overthinking I was thinking about overthinking the other day. Ha! What a sentence. In all seriousness, some of us (me included) have a tendency to overcomplicate things with a whole lot of thinking. We

Issue #131, March 31, 2024 Welcome to Insights and Implications! As a follow-on to Robin Charbit’s reflections from last month’s newsletter, Ken Manning shares a bit more about meditation and how it plays nicely with an understanding of Insight Principles. We hope it’s helpful. Happy Spring! All of us at Insight Principles Insight Principles and Meditation A deep realization of the truth of insight principles leads to a quiet, stable state of mind. That state is imbued with clarity, ease, presence, feeling connected within and with others, and the lovely experience of psychological freedom, where one feels inwardly intelligent,

Issue #130, February 29, 2024 Welcome to Insights and Implications! This month, Robin Charbit explores why taking care of your mind is easier once you know what’s happening behind the scenes. We hope it helps you find ways to land in that clear, settled state that is natural in all of us. All the best, All of us at Insight Principles Stretch Do you ever stretch your body? Does it feel good? Mostly yes, right? So why do we do it? To be more comfortable? To allow the body to operate the way it was designed (bend over, rotate,

Issue #120, April 27, 2023 Welcome to Insights and Implications! In our two previous newsletters, Ken Manning shared the value and joy of being even-minded as an output of the power of understanding how the mind works. In this month’s newsletter, we look a little deeper at wisdom and how it can lead us to more stable even-mindedness. All of us at Insight Principles Even-mindedness Part 3: The Power of Wisdom With a little self-awareness, most of us realize, at some point, that we want to live with more calm and clarity. And yet, despite our good intentions, many

Issue #119, March 28, 2023 Welcome to Insights and Implications! In last month’s newsletter, Ken Manning shared a story about an insight that helped him be more even-minded. In this month’s newsletter, we look a little deeper at what can help us live a more even-minded life. Wishing you well, All of us at Insight Principles Even-Mindedness: Part 2 - The Power of Understanding   Even-mindedness defined: A state of mind in which one is calm, unruffled, present, engaged, and able to think clearly with perspective and intelligence. Sounds good, right? Do you want a bit more even-mindedness

Issue #118, February 28, 2023 Welcome to Insights and Implications! We’ve all had the experience of feeling balanced, or even-minded. This month, in the first of a two-part series, Ken Manning reminds us of the source of this feeling and how it unlocks insight. Read on and stay tuned for next month’s follow-up to this important piece. Wishing you well, All of us at Insight Principles Even-Mindedness: Part 1   My friend Ari and I have been playing ping pong together for over 30 years. We play hard and have a great time and work up quite a

Issue #23 - July 30, 2015 Welcome to Insights and Implications! Hello Everyone, How can collaboration be a bad thing? We wondered the same thing, and we reflect on it below. We hope you enjoy the reflective time. All the best, All of us at Insight Principles Too Much Collaboration? During a recent long drive, a TED Radio Hour caught my attention. The program was called, “Is Too Much Collaboration A Bad Thing?” “How can collaboration be a bad thing?” I wondered. The speaker was Jason Fried the CEO of 37 Signals, a software development company that (ironically) makes software