Zeitgeist is a movie that is making the rounds. In a manner similar to “The Secret,” it has gone from an internet curiosity to a full commercial product. This movie, however, doesn’t “wish” or create “intention”, it informs. It makes the viewer question their assumptions about religion, international banking and the systems that govern people. Read more »

Ricardo Semler built a company that breaks all the rules. He encourages his employees to play hooky, tells them not to bother with growth plans. Workers choose their own salaries, set their own hours, and have no job titles. Ridiculous? Read more »

Our culture supports polarity. It supports the view that finding difference is a matter of survival. The business world encourages it using military terms such as “vertical disruption”, “hostile takeover”, and many others that are all a part of the language of competition. Competition requires distinction, not similarity. Here are my thoughts being the result of an unexpected conversation. Read more »

Mr. Krupp is not an environmental extremist. He is a pragmatic realist who sees an opportunity for both the environment and big business. He backs his claim up with facts and communicates a synthesis of the current market, the players and the possible outcome. View his interview on the Charlie Rose show. Read more »

One of the great things about internet video is that it allows for side-by-side viewing of events that occurred simultaneously. I thought it would be interesting to compare the three candidates who have stood out as the leaders. At the time of this post, Hillary has bowed out of the race leaving it to be a contest between Obama and McCain. Read more »

A consulting gig to create a “green” marketing company has lead to some interesting discoveries. This is a copy of the first post I made to the company’s blog promoting the new initiative. Read more »

When Jill Bolte Taylor awoke one morning in ‘96 to find she was having a stroke in her left brain lobe, she was in a unique position to understand what was taking place. She is a doctor, a doctor of the brain; a nuero-anatomist. Read more »

Cellular phones are the next health crisis on level with the tobacco health crisis of the last thirty years. What costs will society pay for a technology we have so embraced? Where do we begin to learn what the industry already knows? Follow the insurance policies being crafted to minimize the “blow back.” Read more »

The personal history of today’s social innovators often found inspiration and inception in the dramatic times of the 1960’s. The reason is obvious- a perfect storm of rebellious energy, politics out of step with the people and a belief that change is not just possible, but inevitable. Read more »