ARTICLES ABOUT CREATIVITY

Why some people sound like noise, and others sound like a future you want to join. As a kid you asked it all the time. “Why, mom?” Why are we doing this, why are we going there, why does it matter, and why now. You were not being dramatic. You just wanted a map, because without a map everything feels random, and random feels unsafe. Then you grow up and you stop asking it out loud. You still think it, though. You sit in a meeting while someone announces, “We need to change th

We all do it, whether we realize it or not. We speak from fear. Sometimes it is obvious. Your voice trembles, your stomach tightens, and your mouth says “yes” while your whole body is quietly saying “please, no.” Other times, fear wears a better disguise. It shows up dressed as logic, certainty, even as so called strategy. You would be amazed how many arguments, plans, and grand visions are really just fear, cleverly rebranded as conviction. The most convincing arguments are

Ships don’t sink because of the water around them. They sink because of the water they let in… I was sitting on a terrace when a friend...

My stepson recently hosted his end-of-school-year party at my place. Dozens of energetic sixteen-year-olds - boys and girls - bouncing...

At the beginning of this century, my marriage was struggling. I was drinking a bit too much and often found myself emotionally unbalanced...

Public speaking is an art, and few have mastered it as effectively as the world’s most iconic speakers. From Simon Sinek’s inspiring...

Freedom of speech is increasingly under pressure, raising questions about who decides what "misinformation" is and how far censorship can...

There was a time—long ago—when I thought hierarchy and the accompanying meeting structures were indispensable. During the rapid growth of...

Last week, I was sitting with a very pleasant designer who almost out of nowhere very confidently claimed that everyone who starts their...