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How Xiaomi Broke Every Law of Corporate Death by Howard Yu

Before its electric car stunned the world, CEO Lei Jun had to pull off a near-impossible comeback. This is how he did it.

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The Loop: How American Profits Built Chinese Power by Howard Yu

Apple taught precision. Tesla taught speed. Every “shock” from China now follows the same script.

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The Two Boxes Exercise: A Field Guide for Your Team by Howard Yu

Welcome! You’re One Inch Ahead Already 🎯

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Before Apple Disrupted Everything, Sony Did It First. Steve Jobs Never Forgot. by Howard Yu

While everyone studies Apple's innovation playbook, they're missing the company that wrote it. Here is the untold story of how Sony taught Silicon Valley to disrupt.

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Excellence Kills, Capabilities Save. by Howard Yu

How Yamaha, BYD, and Nvidia build a stack that keeps them future-ready

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When Act II Isn’t Enough: Adobe, Figma, and the Next Business Cliff by Howard Yu

Adobe’s story shows why Act III—the network era—always arrives faster than you expect

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The Automation Fork in the Road: Where Does Your AI Path Lead? by Howard Yu

If an AI plan demoralizes the people required to make it work, then it’s not automation. It’s erosion.

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The Assembly Line in the Sky by Howard Yu

The True Costs of Progress and the Need to Scale by Imagination, Not Extraction

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Quietly Crushing It: Why Silent CEOs Keep Beating the Loud Ones by Howard Yu

Hard data, brain science, and an Antarctic thriller reveal why quiet leadership is the real advantage.

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The Unteachable King: Why Zuckerberg Can’t Build the Future by Howard Yu

How Absolute Power Trapped Meta — And Why Steve Jobs Broke Free

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Why Nike Ran Back to Amazon—And Why It Scares Every Marketer by Howard Yu

How Silicon-Valley Thinking Nearly Destroyed the World’s Greatest Brand

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The Strategy Musk Missed: How BYD Became Tesla’s Nightmare by Howard Yu

Once dismissed by Elon Musk, BYD—short for “Build Your Dreams”—outsold Tesla in Europe in 2025. BYD’s slow-burn playbook for domination offers lessons for every business.

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Did America Just Hand China the Future of AI? by Howard Yu

How the sanctions boomerang is fueling Beijing’s tech dominance—and what it means for you.

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What Harvard and J.D. Vance Teach Us About Loyalty’s Breaking Point by Howard Yu

Defiance as Strategy—How the Right “No” Becomes Your Brand’s Strongest “Yes”

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Easter Egg Hunt: How Trump’s Trade Policy Has Businesses Scrambling for Loopholes by Howard Yu

Sky-High Tariffs, Shifting Rules, and a Hidden “Made in China” Shuffle—What You Need to Know

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Achieve Light Speed Like Nvidia. Welcome to Work Atomization. by Howard Yu

The Invisible Bottleneck That's Killing Your Career—and 5 Steps to Shatter It Today

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RANKED: The Travel Companies Ready For AI Agents [New Report] by Howard Yu

Discover How AI Is Rewriting the Rules of Your Next Vacation

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The Two Sides of Musk: Iconoclast and Ineptocrat by Howard Yu

How Elon inspires so much rage in the classroom, dominates electric cars and rockets, yet flounders at X.

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How a 30-Year-Old Chart Explains Intel’s Fall, Nvidia’s Rise, and DeepSeek’s Disruption by Howard Yu

Timeless Lessons From Clay—And a Gift to the World

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Two Charts Show Presidential Productivity Doesn’t Depend on Early Rising by Howard Yu

The myth of superhuman productivity, forget about the 5 a.m. alarm.

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