Ryan’s mom is a worrier.One day he asked her why she worried so much.“My mom was a worrier,” she said.And her mom?“Her too.”Now Ryan’s sister is a worrier. Think about that for a moment. His great-grandmother’s worry is living in his sister today. Nobody chose it. Nobody sat down and decided to pass it on. […]
The one very specific feature I want to talk about today is the one that never leaves you alone. Look, I spent part of this summer with the Stoics. Marcus Aurelius mostly, some Seneca, and every version of the Odyssey plot that isn’t actually the Odyssey, because I cannot stand Ulysses, and I’m not going […]
A conversation about climate risk and business, business leadership and stewardship.
This is When the Land Talks Back: The River, Not the Bridge. With Nicola Robins.
Is there someone who crossed your path and permanently altered the way you see the world? Not a mentor you sought out, but someone who found you at exactly the right moment, with exactly the right idea? I never met Bob Chapman personally. I stumbled across him the way the best discoveries happen: the right […]
You’re Playing Someone Else’s Game: The Operating System Underneath Business
The Rock Tumbler: How Different Minds Create Breakthrough Thinking.
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.”
Look Back; Look forward series. Facing the Gaps in Climate Stewardship
What Actually Works for Systemic Change. Part Two of the Look Back; Look forward series