The Loneliest Generation

The Loneliest Generation

There is an entire industry of research professionals with an obsessive eye towards whoever happens to be in the 18-25 bracket at the present moment, so they can best figure out how to sell them something. Just like 8 years ago, Time magazine ran a now much-maligned...
Introducing: Mission Possible

Introducing: Mission Possible

One of the most common limits faced by innovators is the nagging fear that way they are trying to do may just be impossible. There are too many obstacles, not enough resources, too much standing in between them and where they want to be. This fear causes leaders to...
Attention is a Finite Resource

Attention is a Finite Resource

They say that all the technologies we’ve come to expect for free are paid for with our attention. That our focus is the valuable and finite resource we exchange for social media, email, and search engines.  What makes it so valuable? The same thing that makes...
Going to be OK

Going to be OK

I sat in a conference last week, and the keynote speaker, author Khristi Lauren Adams, told us she wanted to open with a quick meditation. She asked us to close our eyes and, for 30 seconds, to ponder a question: What if it was all going to be ok? What if those things...