What’s on the other side of our opinions and positionality?
Read MorePost-Election Practice
in Change, Leadership
Leadership
Negotiation 101. Right?
in Leadership, Life
We'll make it worse on ourselves if we take our own options off the table.
Read MoreWhat's the Matter With Virginia?
in Leadership
I’m amazed at the tendency of the Democratic leadership to retreat back into their own echo chamber. Can you think of any successful company that, faced with a gloomy sales report, would insist, “Our customers just don’t get it! Push more product out the door!”?
Read MoreLeaving the Facebook Ecosystem
in Leadership, Change
It’s a great big world out there, and I’d rather see it unfiltered through my own smaller lenses than skewed through Mark Zuckerberg’s tunnel-vision glasses.
Read MoreBreak Facebook Apart
in Change, Leadership
Break Facebook apart, please. It’s toxic to all of us.
Read MoreI am finally cured of my desire to be a pleaser.
in Ideas, Leadership, Change
My patience for apologists and moral equivalences and explaining away hate is finally at absolute zero.
Read MoreBack-of-the-envelope math, COVID-19, and you.
in Leadership, Analytics, Life
The intent of this post is to try to concisely parse out the actual data about COVID-19 and help us understand what is concerning and what isn't — and help us stay vigilant, informed, positive, and peaceful.
Read MoreProgress That Provides For Everyone
in Leadership, Change
Despite the divisive messages we are bombarded with, it is actually possible to see both sides of an issue.
Read MoreAn Important Post
in Life, Leadership, Change
I've been wanting to write this post for quite some time. A couple of weeks ago the right opportunity presented itself.
It's become the most-read post on blog this year.
I can't tell you how gratifying it is to integrate professional goals and personal needs. One of the four thousand things I love about Plenty.
A Brief Commentary About the Indiana Bill
in Ideas, Leadership, Life, Change
It is time for us to decide what we stand for.
Read MoreAn Honest Look at Millenials
in Leadership, Change
We have all heard the conventional wisdom on Millenials -- they are overly optimistic, flighty, and entitled. They don't want to work. They have been coddled by overprotective parents.
I spent Saturday with 50 or so members of Northwestern Student Holdings, a student group that owns and operates small businesses on campus. They had just concluded Impact Week, during which the young entrepreneurs partner with local charities to raise money.
I think about how I spent my undergraduate years ... and running a social enterprise wasn't it. These young college students raised several thousand dollars in just a week. They were focused and engaged and inspiring. Their energy was contagious.
If the only experience you have had with someone in their early 20's is through what you've heard from pundits, you owe it to yourself to spend an afternoon with a real live person. Will they look at their cell phone from time to time? Yes, but so will you. On the whole I bet the experience will leave you inspired and optimistic. I know it did for me.
Joseph Kony, Boko Haram, and the Diseased Family Tree →
in Mission, Change, Ideas, Leadership
Yesterday I posted to the Plenty blog one of the more powerful and personal pieces I've written in quite a while. It is about Nigeria and Central Africa -- and it is also about you, me, and our role in creating justice. I hope you will give it a few minutes of your time. The text of the article is here.