How New Things Get Done. The 1%ers
Every week real business cases are dissected by Shana and Darrell, showing how some people consistently get impossible things done... often through counter intuitive moves.
98% of innovation initiatives fail. The this isn't random—it correlates with missing capabilities.
AI now handles convergent thinking (finding optimal answers, following procedures) better than humans. What remains distinctly human is navigating ambiguity and resolving contradictions.
The 2% that succeed share three elements: clear direction that people on the ground can actually articulate, understanding of how systems and humans really behave, and treating apparent trade-offs as design problems rather than accepting compromise.
The podcast series is based on a framework—NEPTUNE—for developing these capabilities systematically. The implication: organisations that build this capacity position themselves for what comes next. Those that don't are competing with AI on its terms.
Every week real business cases are dissected by Shana and Darrell, showing how some people consistently get impossible things done... often through counter intuitive moves.
98% of innovation initiatives fail. The this isn't random—it correlates with missing capabilities.
AI now handles convergent thinking (finding optimal answers, following procedures) better than humans. What remains distinctly human is navigating ambiguity and resolving contradictions.
The 2% that succeed share three elements: clear direction that people on the ground can actually articulate, understanding of how systems and humans really behave, and treating apparent trade-offs as design problems rather than accepting compromise.
The podcast series is based on a framework—NEPTUNE—for developing these capabilities systematically. The implication: organisations that build this capacity position themselves for what comes next. Those that don't are competing with AI on its terms.
Episodes

10 hours ago
10 hours ago
57 min
AI needs us to coordinate for them in order for a new thing to get done!
Formalizing Fermat's Last Theorem
A Severe Misalignment of AI in Mathematics
10 hours ago
57 min

Sep 2, 2026
Episode 34: New Day, New Desire. Take Heart.
Sep 2, 2026
Sep 2, 2026
58 min
Darrell and Shana talk about their hearts' desire, a clearer picture for every human trying to do a new thing.
Sep 2, 2026
58 min

Sep 2, 2026
Sep 2, 2026
48 min
What was lost and what comes back in the Age of Meaning?
Sep 2, 2026
48 min

Aug 30, 2026
Aug 30, 2026
48 min
What was lost and what comes back, in the Age of Meaning.
Aug 30, 2026
48 min

Aug 21, 2026
Aug 21, 2026
51 min
Feeling smarter and getting less done. Darrell and Shana talk about the certainty trap
Aug 21, 2026
51 min

Aug 20, 2026
Episode 30: Water Vs Tradition w. Tim Selders
Aug 20, 2026
Aug 20, 2026
1 hr 17 min
Special Guest Episode with Tim Selders. The wicked problem of the Peatlands in the Netherlands.
Aug 20, 2026
1 hr 17 min

Aug 20, 2026
Episode 29: FOMO The Grief of Choosing
Aug 20, 2026
Aug 20, 2026
1 hr 1 min
Choosing is the hardest part. Ideas are easy and everyone has one. Converging on the one to get done and taking many small steps toward it is the path to getting a new thing done.
Aug 20, 2026
1 hr 1 min

Jul 31, 2026
Jul 31, 2026
1 hr 1 min
Sentience, Sapience, Consciousness: Oh my!
Darrell and Shana discuss the possibility of AI being alive.
Jul 31, 2026
1 hr 1 min

Jul 21, 2026
Jul 21, 2026
1 hr 4 min
Darrell does a keynote and in the research finds that 97% of humans can't tell the difference between AI generated music and human created music.
Can a musician make money creating music in the future? And if not, what does that mean for other jobs?
Jul 21, 2026
1 hr 4 min

Jul 15, 2026
Episode 26: Philosphic Exploration
Jul 15, 2026
Jul 15, 2026
1 hr 1 min
In this episode, Shana and Darrell start with a simple provocation: tech companies are hiring philosophers. They end up somewhere nobody expected, which is exactly the point.
Jul 15, 2026
1 hr 1 min

Jul 13, 2026
Episode 25: Is it Wise to Outsourcing Thinking?
Jul 13, 2026
Jul 13, 2026
1 hr 1 min
How AI creates less intelligence instead of more. Shana and Darrell dig into why wisdom is the most important skill for humans in the age of AI, how to define wisdom, and how to increase your wisdom capability.
Jul 13, 2026
1 hr 1 min

Jul 9, 2026
Episode 24: The Multi-Agent Muddle
Jul 9, 2026
Jul 9, 2026
1 hr 11 min
Does Agentic AI deliver the hugh promises that have been made on its behalf. If not, why not?
Jul 9, 2026
1 hr 11 min

Jun 25, 2026
Episode 23: What Stops Countries Innovating
Jun 25, 2026
Jun 25, 2026
1 hr 2 min
After Darrell misses out on his favourite treat due to road congestion. He joins Shana to ponder why things can't get done faster.
Jun 25, 2026
1 hr 2 min

Jun 24, 2026
Episode 22: Your Data. An Asset or a Burden?
Jun 24, 2026
Jun 24, 2026
56 min
Much ado about Data. Is the data you have worth anything? Should you try to protect it? The difference between information and wisdom.
Jun 24, 2026
56 min

Jun 11, 2026
Episode 21: System Boundaries
Jun 11, 2026
Jun 11, 2026
59 min
Darrell and Shana talk about lies, damn lies and system boundaries. System boundaries: the sneaky culprits preventing organizations from an AI deployment aligned purpose.
Jun 11, 2026
59 min

Jun 3, 2026
Episode 20: Moonshot or Scattershot?
Jun 3, 2026
Jun 3, 2026
55 min
Darrell and Shana talk about the Moonshots EXO model for businesses.
Jun 3, 2026
55 min

May 30, 2026
Eipsode 19: Thinking Holistically
May 30, 2026
May 30, 2026
1 hr 5 min
In this pod, Darrell and Shana talk about how the future will require more holistic thinkers.
May 30, 2026
1 hr 5 min





