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The Messy Middle

The Messy Middle

Finding your way through the hardest and most crucial part of any bold project or new venture.

2018

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Scott Belsky

12 Thoughts On Running (And Leading Teams, Building Products, & Life)

About six years ago I started running. I was never a good athlete, and never particularly enjoyed running. But I started running a couple…

11 min readAug 7, 2023

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Creating in The Era of Creative Confidence

It’s remarkable to watch a five-year-old draw, void of any anxiety about what the world will think. We all start our lives creatively…

10 min readDec 22, 2022

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Creating in The Era of Creative Confidence

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10 Forecasts For The Near Future Of Tech 🔮

How will work and life change in a material way over the next ~5 years? This is the question I challenge myself to think about every year…

16 min readDec 31, 2021

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10 Forecasts For The Near Future Of Tech 🔮

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The Stakeholder Economy & The Prospects Of Collective Ownership

Brands have become decentralized — the memes, content, and daily conversations of the masses increasingly define a brand. The next…

7 min readDec 20, 2021

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The Stakeholder Economy & The Prospects Of Collective Ownership

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What is “Seeing The Matrix” For A Product Leader?

You know that iconic scene, at the end of The Matrix (the original!), when Neo suddenly “gets it.” He picks bullets out of thin air as if…

8 min readSep 24, 2021

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What is “Seeing The Matrix” For A Product Leader?

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The Furry Lisa, CryptoArt, & The New Economy Of Digital Creativity

Over the last year I became the proud owner of The Furry Lisa, among several other one-of-a-kind digital creations often referred to as…

10 min readFeb 21, 2021

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The Furry Lisa, CryptoArt, & The New Economy Of Digital Creativity

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8 Themes For The Near Future Of Tech 🔮

Looking ahead, there are a few major themes I’m particularly excited about that will spawn great companies and change daily life….

10 min readDec 24, 2020

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8 Themes For The Near Future Of Tech 🔮

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The Great Refactoring: How Crisis Unlocks Productivity

The pandemic is not only forcing us to reconsider how we work, it’s also unlocking gains — and potential efficiencies — we accrued but…

6 min readMay 14, 2020

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The Great Refactoring: How Crisis Unlocks Productivity

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Reality, Augmented? How to Drive Adoption of What’s Next

If new mediums take off only when they fundamentally change our everyday life, what are the daily implications of augmented reality? What…

5 min readNov 14, 2019

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Reality, Augmented? How to Drive Adoption of What’s Next

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Creativity Is the New Productivity

In the age of A.I. and machine learning, just being more productive won’t cut it. The future belongs to the creatives.

9 min readSep 9, 2019

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Creativity Is the New Productivity

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Scott Belsky

Scott Belsky

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founder @Behance, cpo @Adobe, early stage investor and product obsessive; author of Making Ideas Happen and The Messy Middle. http://scottbelsky.com

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