Blog Yes & Know

What it is to be Prey

To build a culture of inclusion -- where everyone is welcome to contribute -- we must understand what creates imbalance. In ourselves and in our communities. "To know a predator, …

Wishlisted

About this time of year, to the chagrin of my family, I start humming (or even worse, singing) the Julie Andrew’s song, “a few of my favorite things”. Like a …

The price you pay for comfort…(TIME Ideas OpEd)

"In problem solving a tough strategic issue, the key is to understand the problem fully and to then interpret different ideas for solving it. No one knows how everything works, …

Gratitude

Last week, someone we knew of from our church died in an unexpected car accident. Then, a friend's daughter whom I never met but heard so much of from her …

What Good is Play at Work?

When Jill Vialet -- a social entrepreneur and founder of Playworks – talks to me about play, I usually scoff. Not because I don’t believe in her mission – which …

And The Winner is…..

As the envelope was being ripped into, I was staring at the table linen and preparing to applaud one of the others who had been short-listed for the Thinkers50 Award …

On Being Seen

Now I share this talk and the personally-awkward story within it because I think it points to a real truth about where new ideas come from. The Answer is You. …

It’s Alive

A while ago, my website kept failing. The song "london bridge is falling down, falling down, falling down" used to play in my head. Some of you have sent late-night …