On September 1, the bank called to tell us $2,500 had left our account. We got the money back. It took most of the month, and more than six weeks later, I’m still cleaning up. But what has stayed with me isn’t the money. It’s who carries the cost when technology fails. Right now, that’s […]
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