Life Lessons

Welcome to BBS (Business Bull$#!%)

I am traveling a lot these days. And with travel come long hours in airports and sometimes airline lounges. And pretty much every time I find myself in one of those, working away (or just zoning out), I inevitably overhear someone talking loudly on the phone. You can…

There is Always Someone Taller Than You

If you have ever met me, you know that I am tall. Tall as in “really tall” — somewhere between six feet four and six feet five (or 196 centimeter for those of you who are on the metric system). I am also pretty skinny, which makes me look even taller than I…

What Is My Job on This Planet?

For a little while now I have the great privilege of giving the closing keynote at Singularity University’s Executive Program. Toward the end of my remarks, I present the audience with a set of questions, all geared toward focussing attention inward and finding an answer to…

I Don’t Know

Someone much, much smarter than I am, once responded to a question I had, with three simple words:

”I don’t know.”

First I was surprised as I expected her to have an answer to my question (otherwise I wouldn’t have asked). But then I realized that she…

Never Walk — A Talk About Entrepreneurship And Running

Part 1 — Roger