So, why are people evil?

Why Are People Evil?

Here’s a rabbit hole I went down yesterday: Read this article (in print, not online because I’m old school!) about Bosnian war criminals living in the U.S. and how they might be deported. Asked my wife, “Wait, why are we… Continue Reading

Dichotomy: Women have tons of decision-making power at the family level, almost none at the business level

Glass Ceiling Makes No Sense

Here’s The New York Times being “goofy” and comparing the number of companies run by guys named John (just the name John) to the number of companies run by women at all. It’s maybe a little bit awkward at parts, but… Continue Reading

Life Key: Move away from fear, greed, and ignorance

Greed Fear Ignorance

This is kind of interesting. MIT has this project called “ULab,” which is designed to transform higher education. That’s a pretty complex topic to tackle, because a lot of the problems with higher education come from the context of how… Continue Reading

Start thinking about “connectional intelligence”

Connectional Intelligence

Basically, networking sucks — to the point that often the best advice to “network better” is actually to “stop networking.” There are a myriad of reasons for that, not the least of which is networking feels like a game that can… Continue Reading

We should let adults embrace the idea of “play.”

Adults need to play as well

Maturity and professionalism are a thing, yes, but … if we let people “play” at work, we could achieve so much. Continue Reading

How “the latitude of acceptance” explains change at work

Latitude of Acceptance

Here’s how to conceptualize the idea of a “latitude of acceptance.” Take any idea that has two distinct sides. There’s a cluster of people all the way at one end (“Abortion is terrible!”), then a cluster of people all the way… Continue Reading

We should stop viewing leadership as a destination

Leadership ISN'T a destination

I’m about to write probably 300-400 words and use a lot of fluffy terms like “leadership” (hard to define, if inherently simple), “destination,” and “journey.” It might make you gag. If it doesn’t, come along with me for a hot… Continue Reading

Fuck it, yo. How about an unconditional basic income?

Pay Everyone To Have A Base Quality Of Life

Would probably never work in the United States, and even so — we might be headed there. Continue Reading