• The story of power is the power of story

    As I toured battlefields, museums and historic ruins recently in Northern Europe, I was struck by this “big” idea, which crystallized particularly in Berlin. That city was devastated by two totalitarian constructs: Nazism and Marxism. For such extreme power to have consolidated to that disruptive degree, I contend that equally powerful stories were required. I’m…

  • Make sense of forces beyond our control

    I believe we must all re-imagine our own leadership methods to chart a very new (and different) near-future.

  • Think Tank

    What’s in it for you? What’s in it for me? That’s the candid calculation when considering any request to collaborate on content. It’s about risk, reputation and whether it’s even worth the effort in today’s vast ocean of multimedia. If it’s to support someone else’s brand (in this case, creative agency Clyde Golden’s marketing podcast…

  • Victory Lap

    Times of adversity are a constraint that can produce incredible creativity. My own productivity kicked into high gear during this period of fear and uncertainty. The race now run, a victory lap’s in order — just long enough to rejoice, reflect and recover — before a return to the starting line.