“One of the things that we know from complexity theory — especially used in leadership — is that we can’t figure it out. There is no plan that can work, necessarily. But what we can do is we can pay attention to the patterns of behavior and we can just try stuff, experiment.” — Carolyn Coughlin… Read More
Unlocking Leadership Mindtraps — Interview
“When we don’t understand ourselves well enough and when we don’t understand the ways we trip up consistently, we act as though we haven’t tripped up, and that gets us into even more trouble.” — Jennifer Garvey Berger Jennifer Garvey Berger writes in her new book Unlocking Leadership Mindtraps about unhelpful patterns of behavior that we fall… Read More
Scaling Leadership — Interview
“The complexity we face is actually an evolutionary pressure. We evolve or we die. And we’re there. We’re there as a species, we’re there in organizations, and we develop or else. And that’s harsh, but it’s also a spiritual bootcamp. It’s a kind of evolutionary pressure on us to evolve into more complex ways of knowing,… Read More
Honoring Humanitarian Relief Workers — Interview
“If you have been to a hockey game or a baseball game . . . you see a phenomenon where at some point in the proceedings a military person is recognized for their service. Always for their service. And I’m not meaning to denigrate the service that the military make, and certainly a very significant… Read More
Signaling in the Right Direction — Interview
We live in a world where your attention is the most valuable thing you have to offer. It’s in some ways even more valuable even than the money in your pocket, or even more valuable than your vote. The things you choose to allocate your attention to — the shows you watch, the news you… Read More
Thinking for a Sustainable Planet — Interview
“How do we change our economic thinking so that we start to become people who are living in a way that’s compatible with a sustainable planet?” — Gray Cox To look at the world and everywhere see strife and material consumption that our planet is unable to sustain can be demoralizing. But particularly as we… Read More
Building Adaptive Capacity — Interview
Do we want to build a secure and resilient system for powering . . . our country? And do we want to attack the biggest challenge of collective action in the course of human civilization? And those are the two questions that we have to answer. — Michael Wu Michael Wu is the founder and… Read More
Emerging Markets Fintech Advisor — Interview
Melissa Frakman is an emerging markets fintech advisor. Melissa discusses why India holds such promise for technology companies, what the Indian government is doing to make this wave of innovation possible, and how this happens in India will set the stage for how we do business around the world in the 21st century. Listen to… Read More
Passing Federal Cannabis Law — Interview
As state after state passes laws regulating the use of cannabis, a booming industry has sprung up. Many people believe that this momentum — which they see as analogous to the sweeping tides of civil rights legislation — will ultimately result in the passage of new federal laws. Cannabis lobbyist and attorney Joshua Sanderlin believes… Read More
Having a Passion for Breaking Things — Interview
“We’re now in a situation where we need diversity and we need people who like to break things on the good guys’ side . . . to understand the mindset of the people who are doing these things to us.” — Michael Echols Michael Echols is the CEO of the International Association of Certified ISAOs… Read More
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