Substacks recommended by Dave Gray | School of the Possible

Recommended by Dave Gray

This is a substack collection of musing on visual thinking. I write about how I apply heuristics, mental models, sketches, random scribbles, and if need be cave paintings as tools to find flow states of performance. -"where vision becomes visual"-

BETTER DECISIONS, BETTER LIVES

By Bob Lewis

Life gets better when your decisions do.

workshops work

By Myriam Hadnes' workshops work podcast

How we work together is the work.

Big Think

Learn from the world's biggest thinkers.

Noted

By Jillian Hess

Tips from the world's best note takers

Applied Creativity

By Des Kennedy

Creative problem-solving for leaders and teams navigating change. Build the judgement and capability that AI can't replace.

LetSketchin’s Newsletter

By Kumar

Sketchnotes on varied topics from life to design to product management to startups

Less Foolish

By Peter Limberger

ProFound City Insights

By Patricia Tice

A newsletter about urban design, driver behavior, and livable communities. You don't have to sign up here if you aren't ready, just click the link below for "no thanks" and you won't see this welcome page again.

Game Of Now

By Gréyahm

The Game Øf Now is a game with one rule: the players who gather to play create the rules together. As players make their moves from moment to moment, a unique game emerges. There is NO script. Whatever happens, happens. We surrender to 'now'.

Demystify Culture

By Gustavo Razzetti

Actionable insights and tools for building a fearless culture – without the buzzwords or fluff.

Symbolic Capital(ism)

By Musa al-Gharbi

Exploring the relationships between social justice discourse, inequality, and the rise of the symbolic professions.

Unlikely Things with Bill Clarke

Welcome to Unlikely Things, a newsletter about what happens when we stop waiting for the perfect conditions... and start combining the unexpected.

Keep the Creative Juices Flowing

By Mauro Toselli

This is a newsletter about Creativity. I share sketchnotes and drawings, I’m sharing my thoughts, everything I know, I believe and I do to Keep the Creative Juices Flowing

Nomadico

By Tim Leffel

Weekly tips for the working traveler: digital nomads, remote workers, expats, and restless souls.

Razib Khan's Unsupervised Learning

Conversations on population genetics, evolution, history, books, and culture

Everything Is Amazing

By Mike

A newsletter about ideas, wonder and hope - and a romp through the modern sciences in search of a good "wow!" you can feel down to your boots.

Useful / Beautiful

By Kate Thompson

Useful / Beautiful is a personal exploration of releasing unhelpful beliefs and returning to what is useful and/or beautiful.

Make Pure Thy Heart

By Paolo

Life through the lens of a curious vegan, absurdly optimistic creative. Centeredness & Clarity through creativity in the way we see things.

A Writer's Notebook

By Summer Brennan

essays, art, and inspiration from an American writer in Paris

Ditch The Templates • Andi Bitay

Where women learn to trust their voice, clarify their message, and build something that's truly theirs on Substack. Strategy meets self-expression.

Patterns in Becoming…

By Brad Did

If you're done fitting into molds but terrified of the dark forest ahead, this newsletter helps you recognize the patterns in your transition.

Brad is holding space for people who have dropped out (or are thinking about dropping out) from corporate life. This is a support group and mastermind and a safe space for exploring possibilities.

- Dave Gray

The Clearing by Katherine May

By The Clearing with Katherine May

A newsletter and community for wild minds, winterers and enchantment-seekers with internationally bestselling author Katherine May.

The Feral Stack

By Summer Koester

A feral woman in Alaska makes sense of the world. Results vary.

Ideario: design reportages from the World

By Mino Parisi

Ideario: design reportages - è il ‘diario visivo’ dove accumulo pensieri completi e incompleti, note, scarabocchi fotografie, musiche e viaggi (di qualsiasi natura) sul Design e il Mondo che mi circonda.

The Honest Broker

By Ted Gioia

A trustworthy guide to music, books, arts, media & culture by Ted Gioia

NewsGuard's Reality Check

A report on how false claims online are undermining trust — and who’s behind them. Produced by co-CEOs Steven Brill, Gordon Crovitz, and the NewsGuard Team.

Think Clearly Newsletter

By Mathias Jakobsen

Currently exploring what it means to write. To live through writing. To explore and share.

MLLR | Sketching Leadership and Creativity

By Matt Miller

A collision of sketching, leadership, and creativity.

How to Draw ____. (w/ RJR)

By Robert James Russell

A monthly-ish newsletter about comics and the creative process—drawing insights, behind-the-scenes peeks into my practice, and the inspirations driving my work.

The Art of Noticing

By Rob Walker Art of Noticing

Ideas, inspiration, and provocations for creativity, work, and staying human. From author Rob Walker.

THAT BUSINESS OF MEANING

By Peter Spear

A weekly newsletter & conversation series from Peter Spear on human understanding & cultural insight in business.

The Science of Explanation

By Lee

Understand why explanations succeed or fail based on how the mind actually works.

Lee is super smart and a great explainer and a nice guy to boot.

- Dave Gray

Neel’s Drawing of the Day

By Neel Muller

My drawings as I draw them every day (well, mostly every day)

Marketing Dojo

By Garima Mamgain

A curated newsletter filled with the latest marketing news, articles, and views sent out weekly to help you become a better marketer.

Lifelong Learning Edge

By Wendy Palmer

Exploring the Future of Learning, Work, and Recognition

The Lost Tools of Learning

By Brandon

What if schools were designed for humans? Putting together a big-picture view of humanity to craft new kinds of schools.

The Ink-Smudged Writing Desk

By Helen Redfern

exploring the messy, beautiful process of creativity — the hidden stories behind books, films, music, and my own writing journey

Am I Doing This Right?

By Lian Cho

Comics and musings about illustrating, life, and navigating my 30s through the end of the world.

By Kevin Kelly

Kevin Kelly's works in progress

Aline Stival

Shift*Academy

By Lee Bryant

Your digital leadership learning companion to help make sense of AI and emerging technologies, with practical guidance and techniques for implementation.

The Weekly Measure

By Dr. Alaina Szlachta

A regular dose of tips and tools to improve impact measurement.

Consciousness ∞ The Doorway to Human Evolution

By Scott Britton

I write and podcast about the intersection of self-awareness and human potential. Previously exited startup founder.

Creating Comics

By K. Woodman-Maynard

For artists who want to keep making art even when it’s hard.

Tech Marketing Rewired - With Kevin Kerner

Tech Marketing Rewired is your front-row seat to the minds shaping the future of B2B marketing—tech marketers, brand leaders, and the builders.

Inner Evolution

By Dr. Cynthia Miller

Discover how to claim your voice, self-worth, and power. Explore cutting-edge research and tools to change your thoughts, realize your fullest potential, and live your most fun, luscious, rewarding life. As you shift your neurology, your reality changes.

Rethink Constraints

By Jerry Michalski

"That's impossible!" isn't always. Redesigning the world by seeing and melting constraints. Today's best levers: trust and GenAI.

Noahpinion

By Noah Smith

Economics and other interesting stuff

Mindful AI with Andreas Lehner

Mindful AI explores how pressure, complexity, and modern work environments affect human thinking — and how cognitive clarity can be preserved when stakes rise.