For years I’ve been collecting a set of guiding principles for leadership and management based on leaders I’ve worked for and with, and my own experiences growing and leading teams. I use it as a sort of compass for myself, since there is often positive or negative bias to the…

The night I signed the papers, I went for a walk down Mt. Auburn street. I played BellX1’s ‘Built to Last’ on repeat. …

After the election, there was a tweet going around insisting the solutions that save our democracy won’t come from Silicon Valley, but from good old-fashioned organizing (can’t find it now so you’ll have to trust me). This gave me some pause at the time: I understood the point, but I…

Friday, April 3: I drove to work this morning with my GPS set to avoid highways. This added an hour to my commute, but someone has to think disruptively. Traffic is just a trap for the innovators who think the information superhighway is a one-way street — that’s a metaphor…