Talking to my friends in politics, both Democrats and Republicans, they are miffed at the success of Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump. These candidates occupy the far left and far right on the spectrum of…
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Q&A with Melewi: The Traveling Design Studio
Melissa Ng, Founder & Product Designer, and Peach Nacion, Chief Operations Officer, spoke with me about their innovative agency and how they manage a worldwide design practice. Background: Website: www.melewi.net Tagline: The Traveling Design…
Networking is exhausting.
Talking to someone in an effort to establish a connection with them—especially if they don’t want to talk to you—can be a tricky proposition. Networking is exhausting, but a necessary part of life. How it…
Want to get something done? You need principles.
Shifting a system requires bold thinking and decisive action. Once the initial movement has been made to create a new reality, then the hard work begins. As the pieces of an organization slowly fall into…
People want something for nothing.
Being able to get what you need and then leave without paying a transaction cost is not a bad position to be in. Will our society reach a point where we are saturated with free…
Change Your Perspective
“The task is…not so much to see what no one has yet seen; but to think what nobody has yet thought, about that which everybody sees.” –Erwin Schrodinger, quantum physicist How do you think differently…