curiosities

Is pricing carbon a red herring?

Over the past few weeks several VC investors reached out to talk about prospective investments and…

On-demand mindfulness or mindlessness?

The internet increasingly enables us to free up our mental capacity to focus on more important things and be more present — if we use it right.

Last weekend we went to Paris to see the holiday markets and, well, because it’s Paris and…

Post #11: 10 years

10 years ago today my wife and I went on our first date and had our first kiss — and it’s been the best 10 years of my life. We’ve been through ups and downs, learned more about ourselves and about each other, and grown together. So we celebrated with our “ideal date”: a great yoga class with…

Post #11: Lose-Lose Negotiators

I find the process, act and art of negotiating fascinating. A lot has been written about negotiations and I think its safe to say that despite all of that so many of us underestimate the extent to which we negotiate every day and in so many parts of our lives. As Stuart…

Post #11: Getting back on the writing wagon

So I fell off the writing wagon. Yes, just 10 posts in. I do have good “excuse”. I…

Post #10: Innovation in pursuit of happiness

Tonight I watched this great TED talk by psychologist Martin Seligman. I’ve known about Seligman for a while now and read a bunch of his stuff but I’d never seen him speak. He is good and its worth watching.

Post #9: Uber, please get back to inspiring

There has been a LOT of talk about Uber in the news recently. The company faces some…

Post #8: Boo — a truly scary halloween and the mental cost of terror

I love Halloween so today I was really excited to get out and do some trick or…

Post #7: Spending time with AI

Today I tried out an AI-powered virtual assistant for health care. I had never actually spent much time…