An audio version of this story is available here. What is there to say about “LEADERSHIP” that hasn’t been covered in so many different ways from so many different angles, also which I may have some credibility speaking about? I know that leadership is something that we are too often…

If you’d prefer an audio version of this piece, you can find it on http://likelytrue.com I’ve been undergoing a process in the hopes of tuning my intuition — meaning both hearing it more often and trusting myself with it when I do hear it. …

Below is an overview of an idea that emerged at the intersection of work life trends from the past decade and those over the past several months of this pandemic. For more detail of the idea and how it may, finally, connect some of the nascent innovations in education to…

ISO: The League of Unaffiliated Cultural Imagineers Storytelling is something that has become a bit of a buzzword, but is also something that is baked into our thinking. Recently, I’ve been particularly struck by the power and value of storytelling as an aspirational context. I think we don’t realize how…

Radical Imagining — Investing 25% in Learning I wasn’t aware of Robin DG Kelley’s book Freedom Dreams: The Black Radical Imagination when I first heard the term “radical imagining.” I am inspired by the framing that imagination is a powerful tool for transforming society. …

The Universal Weird Is it weird that I get excited about Halloween? I’m a fan of costumes (both subtle and bold) and I like to alternate my costumes each year as either making myself uncomfortable or making other people uncomfortable. One year I dressed up in jeans, sneakers, a baseball…

What would this look like if it were easy? I came across this question the other day (was it in a podcast or an article — I can’t recall), and I stopped. …

Since Reagan, the GOP has been pushing a vision of private sector > government. They have the absurdist ultimate manifestation of that in Trump. However, only a government can address things like pandemics. Hence their struggle to leverage something they don’t believe in. This vision also meant that they weakened…

This is an economic and societal reflection point. The definition of essential is being refined — and likely for many defined. I have started a growing list of questions for myself and in general. Add your questions or answers as a response below. Let’s ask good questions and get curious…