Insights — Blogs and Vlogs
Come gather ‘round people…
Come writers and critics…
Come senators, congressman…
Come mothers and fathers…
For the times they are a-changin’
Because Dylan was right, the topics our blogs and vlogs cover a lot of territory. They are diverse by design.
Climate Emotions
#ClimateWeek is behind us. Now what? Everyone agrees the current climate narrative isn’t working. That has to change. And we’re on it.
The Future is Coming, Like it or Not
We don’t lack climate science. We lack emotional understanding and narrative clarity. We need to listen to and understand the signals the future is sending us.
Look Between The Boxes
Can you find yourself on your company’s org chart? Can you even find the org chart at the nonprofit you’ve worked at for years?
Water & Externalities
AI is thirsty. By 2027, according to the World Economic Forum, AI could account for 1.1 to 1.7 trillion gallons of water withdrawal—a staggering figure that’s more than four to six times Denmark’s annual water withdrawal.
Leadership & Playfulness
I’ve often rolled my eyes when people talk about listening to their inner child. But during the first evening session at Goals House during #ClimateWeek, I didn't.
Arguing with a Rock
If you measure business success only on a quarterly basis, you’re working with a calendar that is itself becoming outdated. Sustainability demands a different kind of timekeeping.
Climate Change Narrative Ain't Working
In New York City for #ClimateWeek and especially glad to be here with Emma Orfield Johnston of Orfield Laboratories, Inc. Unique in the world, Orfield Labs measures unconscious emotions across the sensory spectrum, and they’ve been perfecting the methodology for five decades.
Act Now. It Matters.
Harry Rhodes asked a good question about what we can do to stop the slide into a police state.
Clarity in Communication
Our refreshed website is amazing, perfect, and phenomenal! Ok, well, that’s a bit much. But I’d love to know what you think.
Is this Rain or ROIT?
Many organizations act as if communications is just about delivering the right message.
Lies, Damn Lies, and Statistics
You know that feeling when you’re leaning back in a chair, it seems to be almost magically balanced on just two legs—and then there’s the flash of panic when you realize it’s not?
Bullying on a Global Scale
Whether it’s Putin or Trump’s manipulation, the shell game being played with President Zelenskyy isn’t going to end well for Ukraine.
Crisis Communications
If you don’t have a crisis communications plan, you’re going to have a communications crisis.
Culture at Breakfast
I once worked with a CEO who thought her biggest management challenge was internal comms and language. It wasn’t.
Blured Vision
If you’re a leader sensing your team doesn’t connect their day-to-day work with your larger vision, you’re not alone.
When There's No Box
When the woman who served for years as my country director in the former Soviet Union came back to the US, she had a job interview and was asked: “Can you give an example of thinking outside the box?”