If the last few years have taught us anything, it’s that predicting the future is risky business. The global pandemic has amplified this even further. Therefore, a lesson learned is that no matter how much you predict and plan for the future, you must make sure your boat is seaworthy and prepare to get a little wet if necessary.
Read MoreThere is a saying: perceptions are reality. Of course this is not true, and it’s important to untether yourself from the tyranny of how you think things will be, so that you may be open to other realities—perhaps more “real” than those you bring with you.
Read MoreIf we really do believe that we must be the change we seek in the world, we must also understand what change in the world is needed. I am pretty sure it's no longer "pocket change."
Read MoreWhen you combine vision, a leap of faith, and intense calculation, you achieve flight.
Read MoreEvery year we purchase a beautiful fresh-cut pine tree so we can decorate it with family love and cheer, Christmas tunes, and a bit of eggnog. Then we make a declaration that it’s “the most beautiful tree we have ever had!"
However, this year has been a "Charlie Brown Christmas tree" year.
Read MoreWe live in the most short-termed of times. Our societies, tastes, and economies are all built not to last, but to be disposed of and replaced… Nothing lasts forever.
Here’s where the need for long vision comes in.
Read MoreConsider the humility of not knowing where you are going, but continuing anyway. This is true wayfinding. To find the way, when you are not sure of the way. Why do we do this? What is in our nature that we would naturally proceed, against our good sense and bad odds?
Read MoreIt's easy to get caught up in all of the serious news these days. I can't lie—it does feel serious because it is serious. There is so much hurt, confusion, mistrust, and fear going around. So, what are we to do?
Read MoreIt’s a trick, I admit. You are tricking yourself into anticipation and gratitude for things large and small, for simply having life, love, and comfort in whatever form it might take over the next few months.
Read MoreWe are rarely handed the sort of blank interlude we have today. It’s not nothing. It’s an invitation, an open door to the next something. There is an urgent power in this.
Read MoreIt’s the most non-modern of ways to prepare. It requires sitting quietly and letting "it" happen. Some of the catalysts and causes are not exactly predicable or explainable. Yet, for the most part, it comes out okay.
Read MoreWhy do we do it? Why do we take on stuff that is so hard, seemingly impossible, and even a little dangerous?
Read MoreHere are three archetypes I think of to represent the various pathways you can take. Depending on the situation, you can decide which creative role works best in your process of bringing your idea into reality.
Read MoreLike many moments, this moment in time is uncertain, and the way we read this painting can serve as a sort of Rorschach test—what we see reveals what we fear.
To me, this moment, a snapshot of fear poised on the edge of possibility, represents this day and time.
Read MoreThey both had this in common: a wonderful lack of understanding (or care) about what they were “supposed to be doing,” as well as an unlimited horizon of what they MIGHT do.
Read MoreIt does almost no good to keep looking at only global statistics, or even national stats… The object of the game is to ferret out what works where, and try to avoid the places that turn out to be quicksand.
Read MoreBase Operations, a company I have invested in, does threat analysis through map visualizations. They are now making their real time COVID-19 map free and accessible to the public, in hopes their technology can support you or the organizations you are involved with.
Read MoreNostalgia is nice, but keeping one's eyes on the forward path is a necessity these days. Follow the folks.
Read MoreThese aircraft are built for journeys—journeys which connect people, goods, and ties of all kinds, binding humanity and commerce together.
Read MoreThat’s the thing about hindsight: it works every time. Just like our glorious past, it’s flawless.
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