The Best Way to Predict the Future is to Build it
No matter where you stand on the various political, social, geographical, and economic divides facing us, it’s hard to ignore the waves of doom and gloom. It’s time for a bit of optimism and a reminder that we do have the power to invent, build, and shape the future. To help foster that sense of […]
Celebrating the Life of Gordon Bell
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The Power of Making a Third List: Lessons from Chicago’s Riverwalk on Shaping the Future
When I was growing up on Chicago’s South Side, I often rode my bike over a stretch of the Chicago River known as “Bubbly Creek.” Chicago lore has it that the namesake bubbles came from decomposing cattle entrails dumped into the river by the nearby stockyards. Decades earlier, in his muckraking classic, The Jungle, Upton […]
5 Reasons To Be An Optimist
War. Climate. Crime. Pandemic. Poverty. Politics. Inflation. That’s just a starting list of the many things that seem to be going wrong—and getting worse. There’s a lot to be gloomy about. Even pop music is getting gloomier. Take “Midnights,” Taylor Swift’s new collection of songs about what keeps her up at night. The album is […]
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What the First Moonshot Teaches Us About Even Harder Moonshots
It’s hard to prepare for floods when you’re fighting a fire—even if you can see the river rising dangerously fast. Similarly, it’s hard to think long term in the midst of immediate challenges such the invasion of Ukraine, the Covid pandemic, rising inflation and political grid lock. Yet, there are long-term, multi-dimensional challenges that need […]
How Business Leaders Can Lead On Climate Change—Right Now. 3 Lessons From The U.S. Military.
Every time I think about writing about climate change, I think about my friends Fred, Kevin and Pat. All three are kind, religious and charitable souls who don’t believe in climate change. They believe that my emotions are being manipulated by folks like Al Gore (and most of the environmental and scientific community) for their […]
It’s Gut Check Time On Corporate Purpose
Words matter. Imagine if the collective leadership of U.S. business ignored the protests against racial injustice or, even worse, followed the lead of the U.S. President to urge that “when the looting starts, the shooting should start.” The strong, supportive words so publicly spoken in support of racial equity by corporate America will ring cheap […]
6 Laws Of Zero Will Shape Our Future. For The Better Or Worse Is Up To Us.
“There are decades where nothing happens; and, there are weeks where decades happen,” observed Vladimir Lenin. The recent weeks grappling with the Covid-19 pandemic certainly fall into the weeks-where-decades-happen category. What’s more, the trillions of dollars being spent on pandemic-fighting strategies might well make or break the decades to come, as I recently wrote. Take telehealth, the […]
We Need A Moonshot For Diabetes Prevention, Part Two: Three Misconceptions
Diabetes is one of the fastest growing killers, as I discussed in Part 1 of this series. Thirty million adults in the U.S. suffer from it today. Another 84 million have a milder condition, prediabetes, that puts them at high risk for developing type 2 diabetes. Over time, if current trends continue, the disease will strike […]