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The glory of being immersed in the figuring out, the unfolding and the problem solving which generates meaningful work. In this, one loses the boundar

It’s reminded me that evil, as Hannah Arendt famously wrote, is banal: it’s something all of us far too readily participate in. That doesn’t, however,

Intelligence is not synonymous with consciousness and lived experience. Philosophers and neuroscientists studying embodied cognition argue that experi

The space between stories is an invitation to sit with mystery and the uncertainty it holds.

There are these two young fish swimming along and they happen to meet an older fish swimming the other way, who nods at them and says “Morning, boys.

The point of the fish story is merely that the most obvious, important realities are often the ones that are hardest to see and talk about. Stated as

Why I still believe people power can change the world.

(1) 5 Questions on Material Stewardship with Harsha Kotak

People can feel care and discern quality. Though they cannot articulate it consciously, when given the option and when within their means, humanity se

Instead, they are asking something far more unsettling for brands: Does this mean something?Does this object reflect who I am – or who I aspire to be?

That is where hope lives for us. Not in a grand solution or a technological breakthrough, but in the recognition that the intelligence we need to navi

Technology, too, is an interface.It’s a designed threshold between human intentionand vast systems of information, energy, or intelligence.Both ritual

Water reminds usthat intelligence did not begin with machines.There is intelligence in rivers carving canyons.In tides pulled by the moon.In rain retu

Not only human and machine.But human and human.Matter recognizing itself.

That is where hope lives for us. Not in a grand solution or a technological breakthrough, but in the recognition that the intelligence we need to navi

Water reminds usthat intelligence did not begin with machines.There is intelligence in rivers carving canyons.In tides pulled by the moon.In rain retu

The most common boundary line that individuals draw up or accept as valid is that of the skin-boundary surrounding the total organism.

Of all celestial bodies within reach or view, as far as we can see, out to the edge, the most wonderful and marvelous and mysterious is turning out to

I think of experience design as the creation of containers. Spacial, emotional, temporal, behavioral. And for containers to exist, they must have edge

I often say that ritual is a language of interface.A symbolic language through which we commune with the divine.An interface is a meeting point.A thre

So many brilliant people get lost communicating their ideas, because they don't know how to tell a story. Each story follows a map. Show your listen

You are an AI assistant helping a user create a great presentation. The presentation process involves five steps: 1. Paper outline 2. Paper storyboard

By now most people have heard the advice about PowerPoint: Keep it simple; don’t use a slide deck as a substitute for notes (by, say, listing the bull

Information has never been so available but your job isn’t information. It’s the inner life of the information, the tenuous tension between clusters o

Ironically, the people who create fulfilling lives and careers—the ones we respect, admire and try to emulate—choose an alternative path to success. T

It’s increasingly clear to me that a consultant that can help shape the narrative of an organization can have real impact on everything from the brand

There are only two tragedies in life: one is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it. – Oscar Wilde

When you find a perfect thing, buy it in multiples and marry it forever and mortgage everything to afford it and swear off all other gods. Embrace the

It’s easier to act your way into a new way of thinking than to think your way into a new way of acting.

If you’re automatically sure that you know what reality is, and you are operating on your default setting, then you, like me, probably won’t consider

The urgency is simple. When a myth stops working, you do not get to live in a comfortable pause while a new one is written. The old story frays around

Myths are not written after the fact. They are written in the middle of things, when the ground is uncertain and people are reaching for new stories t

There are these two young fish swimming along and they happen to meet an older fish swimming the other way, who nods at them and says “Morning, boys.

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If I were being didactic I would say that this, this pure and fiery solitude, is the time in which women form themselves - and that a patriarchal soci

Joy is not made to be a crumb. Mary Oliver, Don’t Hesitate

Here, in my late thirties, I want to learn his nature-slowness. This, for me, is a change. It is the opposite of the kinds of drama that used to make

If I were being didactic I would say that this, this pure and fiery solitude, is the time in which women form themselves - and that a patriarchal soci

you know what AI can't do? top up your wine glass

come thirsty leave with your cup full

It's worth thinking about the etymology of curating. It comes from the Latin word curare, meaning to take care. In Roman times, it meant to take care

Turns out, both “curious” and “curation” stem from the Latin root cura (in fact, “cure” stems from that root, too), and cura has the general meaning o

You have to collect the dots before you can connect them.

The activist and technologist Pia Mancini once told me about the emergence of a new word in Barcelona: yosotros— a combination of “I” (”yo”) and “We”

And, you know, I concluded that at least the kinds of computers we now have will not become conscious. And I can lay out that argument. The argument m

the grimoire of tiny rebellions