(Why We Need Misfits to Save Us) For the longest time, my biggest regret was failing the GMAT. Not because I desperately wanted an MBA. Because that exam was my ticket to an executive MBA program, as a mature student, fully paid for by my employer. That failure proved something I’d suspected my entire life: […]
The Mirror Series: Extraction, Complicity, and What We Build From Here
Part Two into a deep dive of Richard David Hames’ essay, “The Mirror Cracks: Donald Trump and the American Psyche.”
There’s a lot of noise about AI taking over pretty much everything. Productivity tools. Creative work. Strategic analysis. Even emotional support chatbots.Fine. Let me know how that works out for you when you’re sitting in a hospital waiting room at 2 a.m. Because here’s what AI can’t do • Show up when it’s inconvenient.• Remember […]
The Mirror Series: Extraction, Complicity, and What We Build From Here
Part One of a deep-dive into Richard David Hames’ essay, “The Mirror Cracks: Donald Trump and the American Psyche.”
You cannot build sustainable systems without democracy. You cannot have climate action when autocrats control resources. This week, I show you the interconnectedness of one other major factor.
Look Back; Look forward series. Facing the Gaps in Climate Stewardship
We’re barely two weeks into 2026, and I’m guessing your “fresh start January” looks more like “higher level of insanity.” Every conversation I’ve had lately – regardless of continent – lands in the same place: shell-shocked by world events, frustrated by rising costs, dealing with some crisis at home. Makes concentrating on what actually matters […]
What Actually Works for Systemic Change. Part Two of the Look Back; Look forward series
I’m referring, of course, to that loud strike of midnight between one year and the next. Have you noticed how we’ve all bought into this fiction that January 1st possesses some kind of transformative magic? As if the arbitrary point where we flip the calendar suddenly grants us a burst of willpower we didn’t have […]