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Beyond the Resumé: Decoding the Biological Signals of Leadership Success and Burnout

This article explores my leadership story through the lens of neurobiology. At the time, I was a young leader in my 30s. I lacked the vocabulary to describe my own neurodiversity, but I was acutely aware of my "differentness." I was fortunate to navigate those internal challenges in a way that eventually empowered my amazing teams and fueled our collective success. I offer these insights to help you connect your own unique neurobiology to your work environment; we all possess

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The Stability Premium: Navigating the Four Nevers of Banking Data

Banks and consumer platforms like Amazon share one significant asset: they both sit atop vast reservoirs of consumer data. However, this is where the comparison ends. The differences lie in the geometry of time, the weight of impact, and the persistence of uncertainty. Amazon’s feedback loop is near-instant; a "full cycle" from purchase to delivery is measured in days. In contrast, banking lives in the long-view. It may take years for credit card behavior to reveal its risk p

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The Invisible Moat: Modern Zoning and the Persistence of the Feudal Mindset

In the Middle Ages, the architecture of exclusion was honest. If you were a feudal lord seeking to protect your status and wealth from the "unwashed masses," you built a castle. You surrounded that castle with a deep, water-filled moat and a drawbridge remaining resolutely upright. The message was unmistakable: We are in here; you are out there. Our safety depends on your exclusion. As we examine the modern American housing landscape, it is tempting to believe we have evolved

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From Moral Philosophy to Choice Architecture: Closing the 'Unseen' Gap in Adam Smith's System

Adam Smith’s enduring legacy rests on two pillars: the moral philosophy detailed in The Theory of Moral Sentiments (TMS) and the economic framework of The Wealth of Nations (WN) . For decades, the intellectual divide between these works—dubbed the "Adam Smith Problem"—obscured a critical truth: the two books form a single, cohesive system. The key to unification lies in Smith’s four sources of moral approval from TMS. The first three sources (motives, consequences, and gener

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The Quiet Wealth of Parenting: 10 Practical Lessons for Raising Thriving Children

It's not about money or perfection; it's about presence, governing our seeking, and being a self-learner. Discover the 10 Practical Parenting Lessons from "The Quiet Wealth of Enough" that teach resilience, self-learning, and the true meaning of wealth for raising healthy, happy children. These lessons come from a deep understanding of the behavioral and cognitive sciences, financial education, teaching, and the practical experience of raising four confident, resilient, an

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Nov 29, 20252 min read

How Not to Be Fooled by Statistics

Modern life is surrounded by data and statistics, from scientific breakthroughs and medical diagnoses to policy decisions and everyday purchases on consumer marketplace platforms. Statistical inference, at its core, is a future-focused process, designed to help us navigate uncertainty and make prospective choices. Yet, for all their power, statistics prove profoundly misleading if one does not understand the fundamental assumptions which underpin them. To truly navigate this

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Jeff Hulett

Nov 3, 20259 min read

Statistics, Bias, and the Better Way to Learn: Moving Beyond the Streetlamp

The foundations of modern statistics—statistical moments, correlation, regression, the chi-squared test, and ANOVA—are indispensable tools powering every field from finance to pharmaceuticals. Yet, their origins are deeply unsettling. Francis Galton, Karl Pearson, and Ronald Fisher, the brilliant minds who established these methods, were devoted proponents of eugenics, a pseudoscientific movement aimed at selective breeding [Kevles, Daniel J. 1995]. Their principal motivation

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Jeff Hulett

Oct 12, 20258 min read

Data IS Biased: How AI Distorts Our Perceptions (and what you can do about it)

First off, you need to get over it. Please repeat after me: "Data is biased. Data is always biased." Don't you feel better now?! In our messy, real day-to-day lives, data suffers from the "4 Nevers" of the knowledge problem. Knowledge, and therefore data, is: Never Complete, Never Static, Never Centralized, and Never Invariant. (Click here to learn more about the 4 Nevers.) Now that you know this, it's time to discuss 1) how bias is presented in the GenAI world and 2) w

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Jeff Hulett

Oct 10, 20254 min read