On Miles Davis, Failure, and Orgiastic Futures

I’ve read several times that Miles Davis told his many bands that, if they weren’t making mistakes, they weren’t trying hard enough.

Looking back at Q1, I think it’s pretty clear that I was trying pretty hard. We had a number of big fails. What failed? Two scuttle deals come to mind, and each came from a different end of the spectrum. I should probably explain that a significant portion of our work is contingency-based recruiting. This means that our “selling” comes in two forms. One is getting a recruiting contract signed, meaning … Continue Reading

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