I was first introduced to the work of Robert Kegan in this excellent talk by Daniel Gross - ‘How To Win’. Kegan is best known for his Theory of Self-De…

Seven days ago, we welcomed our second child, Noah, into the world. I’d forgotten so many of the details of newborns - they’d blurred into my fatigue-d…

Hanging on the wall of the Blackbird Melbourne office boardroom is Buster Benson’s infographic of all the cognitive biases that afflict humans making d…

The Troubles saw more than 4,000 people killed in Northern Ireland in the late 20th century. Mostly Catholic republicans fought a mix of Protestant par…

Anthony Joshua is one of the most extraordinary athletes alive today. And until his recent loss to Andy Ruiz, he was on a directly ascending path to be…

Two musical heroes in one… Here’s Nicolas Jaar, describing what’s so special to him about Keith Jarrett’s music. Jaar describes it as "music that's as …

Welcome to Branches (formerly known as Excellent Things)! Written by me, Nick Crocker 🐘. I’m a General Partner @BlackbirdVC. 🚀 I live in Melbourne, A…