When your quality decreases, so does the demand for your product or services. Keeping high standards will certainly help, but so will not losing touch with who you are and what you are doing. Why…
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The political mind and leading others
Working in politics isn’t for everyone. It’s transactional. What do I need to do to advance my agenda? Who do you know? What can you do for me? If I help you on this, will…
The act of wandering
This quote, found within Kenneth Mikkelsen’s and Richard Martin’s The Neo-Generalist, caught my attention: “To be a randonneur, then, is to be a wanderer. Someone on a journey, but in a somewhat random way. The…
Translating the future through art
Architecture, music, fashion, film, and art have something in common: the people in these fields are continually pushing the edge of what is possible. They often work at the fringe of society with one eye…
Leading everyday is about making connections
Connections between people can be formed and then broken. Some bonds can weaken over time and others can strengthen. It depends partly on what you do to not only maintain them, but also nurture them….
Measuring impact at the human scale
Who’s more innovative? Apple or Microsoft; Katy Perry or Taylor Swift; Tom Brady or Russell Wilson; Frank Lloyd Wright or Mies van Der Rohe; Mark Zuckerberg or Jack Dorsey; Jeff Bezos or Elon Musk; Messi…