The Contrarian Digest [Week 5]

The Contrarian Digest is my weekly pick of LinkedIn posts I couldn’t ignore. Smart ideas, bold perspectives, or conversations worth having.

No algorithms, no hype… Just real ideas worth your time.

Let’s dive in [5th Edition] 👇

1️⃣ How Experts REALLY Come Up With Solutions – Alex M H Smith

⚡𝐈𝐧 𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐟: Big corporates CAN’T do insightful thinking. They’ve got all the data, telent, money. BUT they don’t have the conditions leading to REAL breakthroughs.

🗞️𝐅𝐮𝐥𝐥 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐭: https://lnkd.in/eh96iSGU

2️⃣ Goodbye Org Charts: From Fixed to Fluid – Dharmesh Shah

⚡𝐈𝐧 𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐟: As AI learns to reason, rigid org charts become obsolete. The future belongs to dynamic teams that form around goals, not titles.

🗞️𝐅𝐮𝐥𝐥 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐭: https://lnkd.in/eqnq4T9B

3️⃣ AI x Bureaucracy: Are We Getting It Backwards? – Tom Goodwin

⚡𝐈𝐧 𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐟: Everyone celebrates AI automating bureaucracy, but what if by making it seamless, we’re actually paving the way for MORE OF IT?

🗞️𝐅𝐮𝐥𝐥 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐭: https://lnkd.in/ejcpNfvT
💭𝐌𝐲 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞: History supports the pattern – https://lnkd.in/eFA3RmPM

4️⃣ Your Skills Are Being Commoditized, BUT… – Jonathan Ross

⚡𝐈𝐧 𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐟: DeepSeek AI just proved models are commodities. But what about YOU? 7 Powers to de-comoditize yourself.

🗞️𝐅𝐮𝐥𝐥 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐭: https://lnkd.in/em9jh6fv

5️⃣ 9 Years of B2B Marketing Condensed into 50 Rules – Pierre Herubel

⚡𝐈𝐧 𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐟: A carousel with 50 powerful B2B marketing rules.

🗞️𝐅𝐮𝐥𝐥 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐭: https://lnkd.in/eS8wkeWP

6️⃣ How to Learn ANYTHING Faster – Colby Kultgen

⚡𝐈𝐧 𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐟: Speed x the ability to learn anything is probably the one superpower that outshines them all.

🗞️𝐅𝐮𝐥𝐥 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐭: https://lnkd.in/eFQyNjt2

7️⃣ Technical AI Expertise Isn’t Enough – Kieran Flanagan

⚡𝐈𝐧 𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐟: While companies chase technical AI talent, the true “transformation agents” operate at a different intersection entirely—one most overlook.

🗞️𝐅𝐮𝐥𝐥 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐭: https://lnkd.in/ecnEinHK
💭𝐌𝐲 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞: The missing dimension – https://lnkd.in/e5RFnvYr

8️⃣ Your Brain is Begging You to Look Up – Henry Love

⚡𝐈𝐧 𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐟: Neuroscience finally confirms what we suspected: our brains light up differently for sunsets than for screens. The evidence is visual.

🗞️𝐅𝐮𝐥𝐥 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐭: https://lnkd.in/eSiBWbjs

9️⃣ BONUS: Before He Fell, Icarus Flew – Gaetan Portaels

Yes, I’m back in this edition. As you’ve noticed from my curation, there’s NO escaping the AI CONVERSATION.

⚡𝐈𝐧 𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐟: We’re all flying with AI wings right now, but no one’s asking how close we are to the sun. The “sameness crisis” is just beginning. The good news? I still believe there’s an antidote.

📽️YouTube video: https://youtu.be/8gIskbdHz-g or simply CLICK HERE.

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To your success,

Gaetan Portaels

Original publication date — March 17, 2025 (HERE)