A mail route is one of those ordinary systems that reveals a civilization’s moral life better than most speeches do…. Read more
Category: The 7 Moats
Season 3 of What Still Works in America
Ownership, the Sixth Moat: The People Who Keep the Promise
Andrew Morton may have written one of the most important leadership memos of the year, and almost no one outside… Read more
Systems Thinking, the Fifth Moat: The Human Skill of Seeing the Whole
A society that cannot think systemically will use intelligent machines to automate its confusion. That sentence may sound severe. It… Read more
Adaptation, the Fourth Moat: Learning Without Losing Ourselves
Consider a man like Marcus, who teaches automotive technology at a regional career center in central Ohio. He has been… Read more
Craft, the Third Moat: Done Is Easy, Good Is the Moat
Earl walks the apron at 5:47 in the morning, before most of the airport is awake. He has worked for… Read more
Trust, the Second Moat: When Information Gets Cheap, Trust Gets Expensive
There is a man named Raymond who does tile and fixture work out of a white van with his name… Read more
The 7 Moats: Moat #1 – Judgment, The First Human Advantage
At 4:17 in the morning, the medical ICU is quiet except for the soft chirp of monitors and the hush… Read more