I think there’s a theme going on here… In just about every online group I am a part of, and on several Facebook pages I follow, people are talking about how they would live their lives differently if they were … Read More

This is a tale of two ancient queens – which example will you follow? Boudica was a Celtic queen in Britain whose husband willed that the kingdom should be left in the care of their two daughters after his death. … Read More

The question is never ‘should you’ make an impact as a business leader, the question is what type of impact do you want to be making – positive or negative, unconscious or deliberate. Whether you realize it or not, every … Read More

It’s incredibly common for me to see people making excuses for another person’s (or their own!) harmful words or behavior on the basis of their ‘intention’. While I do think there’s a distinction between deliberately malicious versus neutral or even … Read More

After writing my previous post on the power of consumers to affect political events, as well as sharing my perspective in casual conversations, I have received a great deal of pushback to my last point: specifically, my beliefs that the American … Read More

Update May 2022: I just want to acknowledge that my views on the subject of ‘the power of consumers’ has shifted since I initially authored this blog post – namely, I now believe that too much emphasis is placed on … Read More

Acknowledging a diverse America is an excellent first step towards remembering what deserves to be celebrated on this day. It seems I was born without the nationalism gene, and correspondingly, Fourth of July has always been a holiday of ambivalent … Read More

Increasingly often, I find myself writing or saying things that sound positively surreal – as if one of my college seminars on the history of the Soviet Union got mashed up with a digital dystopia. Occasionally I check the mirror … Read More