By Kwame Ferreira “Our goals can only be reached through a vehicle of a plan, in which we must fervently believe, and upon which we must vigorously act. There is no other route to success.” — PABLO PICASSO When creating products we define their experience, even forecast sales, some say…

By Kwame Ferreira. The biggest aisle in an American bookshop is the self-help section. We are impregnated with the belief that we can improve. In Portugal, the biggest aisle is the children’s section. …

By Cyndi Fontyn In September 2015, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development that includes 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Building on the principle of “leaving no one behind”, the new Agenda emphasizes a holistic approach to achieving sustainable development for all. The 17 SDGs…

“Capitalism is a great technology, but a mediocre philosophy.” — REID HOFFMAN By Kwame Ferreira, Co-founder and CEO of Impossible. The difference between our species and the closest social animals comes down to three times the number of neurons. In large part because of it, we’ve become guardians of this…

By Kwame Ferreira Product creation takes advantage of human biases and cognitive fallacies. These allow us to create increasingly effective experiences. Here is a list of 20 to take into account when creating products. Use at your own peril. …

“Happy endings are a luxury of fiction.” — TRUDI CANAVAN, PRIESTESS OF THE WHITE By Kwame Ferreira You create products or are somewhere in a product supply chain. We all are. As we create products we deplete our home planet from its biodiversity whilst warming it to an unsustainable average…

By Cyndi Fontyn I Grew, Giant Poem by Selina Neirok Leem. Into the horizons we marched Children with skinny, gangly limbs Each tiny step on the reef That comes out of hiding During low tide A warrior determination our ancestors Would have sang their praises for For our home For our country Us little warriors will save Each of us with corals in…

By Cyndi Fontyn “The bathtub of the sky is overflowing with too much carbon, it’s overflowing with too many greenhouse gases.” Tom B.K. Goldtooth is an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation, an environmental, climate, and economic justice activist, speaker, film producer, and an Indigenous rights leader within the climate…

By Artur Ventura — Technical Lead and Sérgio Pinto — Software Development Engineer at Bond Touch. As many startups grow from idea to business, their infrastructure needs to change over time. In the beginning, founders try to use fast, managed and easy-to-use code and experiment. …