As a challenging future rushes towards us, I often wonder whether our democratic values will continue to provide a sound enough foundation for our lives and work. In many ways, this “white-water world” is already here. As framed by John Seely Brown … [Continue reading]
When travelers visited indigenous people in remote places, they often had problems when they took out their cameras and wanted to take some pictures. The locals frequently turned away, in what was later explained as a fear of having their souls … [Continue reading]
The Sacklers are best known as patrons of the arts, including the Sackler Wing of the Metropolitan Museum in New York with its Temple of Dendur, and the Sackler Gallery, the national museum of Asian art at the Smithsonian. Over the years, the … [Continue reading]
Our relationships at work are harmed when we disagree with others and experience their convictions as an assault on what we believe is right and true. Without basic trust—along with at least some beliefs and convictions that we hold in common—it … [Continue reading]
Gathering your thoughts, working them out on a page, and sharing that page with others is the spur for high level, creative problem-solving and the best (most productive) conversations. Instead of “winging it” by making up what you think, want and … [Continue reading]
