The ”Art of Quality” is a series of conversations with investors and operators of high quality backgrounds. From decades of exploring quality in business and life, we have found that the underlying patterns are often only accessible via stories and dialogue - and not with more research notes or excel models. We are here to bring patterns of quality to you.
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The ”Art of Quality” is a series of conversations with investors and operators of high quality backgrounds. From decades of exploring quality in business and life, we have found that the underlying patterns are often only accessible via stories and dialogue - and not with more research notes or excel models. We are here to bring patterns of quality to you.
The Art of Quality hosts re-convene for a conversation about power laws: what they are, why they matter, where they show up, and how they help us understand quality itself.
Early in life John was struck by the notion that there is a fabric-pattern to reality, and we can learn some of it. That realization sparked a pursuit: to find the patterns that give rise to the good, the true, and the beautiful.
As he dug deeper, John began to recognize clear patterns of quality in the natural world – across organisms, species, and galaxies – and saw the same patterns reflected in the social world: in cities, companies, and people. These patterns, he realized, follow power laws. And wherever power laws appear, they serve as a kind of signal – a beacon – for impact.
In a world obsessed with averages – average performance, average experience, average outcomes – John saw that this framing was wrong. Power laws, not averages, rule the world. That insight reshaped the way he invests capital and led to a multi-year exploration of power laws: what they are, where they appear, and how we can act on them, which will be published as a book in 2026.
The Art of Quality
The ”Art of Quality” is a series of conversations with investors and operators of high quality backgrounds. From decades of exploring quality in business and life, we have found that the underlying patterns are often only accessible via stories and dialogue - and not with more research notes or excel models. We are here to bring patterns of quality to you.
