I have only seen and been in C-suites a few times in my life, often only to visit. Enormous, impressive offices — usually occupied by somebody yelling at somebody else on the phone and barking orders at the people waiting just outside their door. But Z-suites? I’m pretty familiar with those…
Read MoreFar more dangerous than ignorance is certainty.
Read MoreSt. Peter asked Wally what he wanted most as he was about to enter Heaven. Wally did not have to ponder this too long. “Why,” he replied, “I would like to take it with me!”
Read MoreWe have the opportunity to evolve, adapt, and progress beyond ourselves. The world will gladly offer us new horizons, sensed at first as novel, but as old as time itself.
Certain that this would never work, I secretly had hope. I watched for signs of life in the pots every morning. There were none…
Read MoreIt's not exactly true that you are either passing or being passed. Or either running away or running toward. Sometimes you’re just running.
Read MoreJust exactly how much of our lives are we willing to hand over to all of these newfangled machines? Siri, Claude, self-driving cars…With so much for/against rhetoric swirling about, I’m not sure I trust them—even when they may actually be helpful.
Read MoreWe cannot always envision the final outcomes of any given project, even if we might be able to project the most likely outcomes. Outcomes are funny like that: they don't always cooperate with “likelihoods”. Welcome to Austin, and have a great SXSW!
Read MoreWhy do we do our days the same way, every day? Are we just lazy? Maybe we like to follow the same old dog (hog) path from here to there, believing it will somehow transform to a superhighway beneath our feet.
Read MoreI’ve travelled maybe 5 million miles in my lifetime: to the moon and back 20 times. But what does it all mean? What is distance, anyway?
Read MoreA new year, 2026, is upon us. We are almost all in the business of predicting the future, but just what IS the allure of prediction? Do we think that if we can know the future, we can control the future?
Read MoreGenerosity is all around us, powered by traditional channels for giving back to our communities — but can legacy philanthropy keep pace with the 20-45 year old next-generation of givers?
Read MoreOn a typical morning, you burst on to the front porch screaming “The wolf is at our door”! But no wolf. Only crickets. The wolf has overslept…
Read MoreIt's hard to imagine: People used to just pick up the phone and call people they had never even met. I know what you’re thinking: Why would anybody CALL someone, regardless of whether or not they’ve met?
Read MoreMany of the things I’ve done have involved relatively small groups of people, often running for our lives and figuring out how we were going to do whatever it was we’d set out to do, while running to keep up: with each other, with our ideas, with the execution of those ideas.
Read MoreDid I mention that this essay is about starting new enterprises? While it is possible to build your unique sales proposition around chicken eggs, what if you were able to hatch something new and different, by changing it up a bit?
Read MoreRemember the real estate bubble of 2008, which almost brought the world economy down? That was the one chronicled in the movie The Big Short. Would you be surprised to learn that an even “Bigger Short” is happening, right this moment?
Read MoreWe live in a time of great change. Solutions always seem to be along the lines of big, bold and dramatic. I admit, crying “Off with their heads!” if only in my own little mind, seems so satisfying. But what if we were to approach our challenges in a more dollop-y kind of way? Suggestions, attitudes, demeanors which were less invasive, more additive?
Read MoreIt's called the "American Riviera", and not for nothing. After all, like its namesake in the south of France, it’s got the perfect blend of great weather, outstanding ocean views from every angle, palm trees and beaches for miles, great restaurants and bars, unique architecture, and more than a little bit of glamor.
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