Jul 24, 2018 | Perpendicular Thinking, Thinking Tools
Have you ever wondered why we take summer vacations? The practice is a relic of the agrarian economy and was meant to allow farmers’ children (a critical part of the workforce at the time) to pitch in during harvest season. Small family farming began to recede...
Jun 5, 2018 | Acceleration, Modern Life, Reinvention, Strategy
I’m sometimes called upon to give my take on so-called Mega Trends and ‘the Future’, and tonight I’ll be a giving a different version of that talk. Rather than forecasting the future, however, I’m going to discuss the long one you have in front of you. I’m going to...
Apr 19, 2018 | Acceleration, Magnificent Mistakes, News, Strategy
The recent incident where two African-American men were arrested at a Philadelphia Starbucks was a deplorable example of the explicit racism that young black men experience across almost every aspect of their lives. On the heels of the recent shooting in Sacramento of...
Mar 13, 2018 | Modern Life, Social Commentary, Stillness, Tech Lash
Do you reflexively reach for your phone when you’re stuck in an annoyingly long line at Starbucks? I do. How about when waiting to get on your flight and you’ve been relegated to boarding category 4? Guilty there, too. Don’t worry: this isn’t going to be another...
Feb 26, 2018 | Attention, Modern Life, Social Commentary, Tech Lash
Have you noticed how nothing ever really ends anymore? This thought came to me as I was listening to an interview with Adam Alter, the author of a chilling new book about how today’s technologies are increasingly irresistible. Alter described how our favorite apps —...
