• Release us from platforms and enclaves with new sacred stories

    In this transformative time, we question once-unassailable pillars — democracy, capitalism, freedom of expression, equality — and the sacred stories that have supported them. They founder in the face of new realities: technological upheaval, information overload, and massive inequities. We need to openheartedly reshape and reimagine those institutions and stories. Yet we’re hampered by a…

  • The Framer, the Fighter and the Founder

    I’ve enjoyed hosting intimate, student-only salons with top influencers from my network in the past. We’re now trying to emulate that sense of exclusivity, while sharing it more broadly. So starting next Friday, November 13th, a handful of UW Communication Leadership students will join me on camera as we engage renowned National Geographic photographer (that’s…

  • It’s a matter of trust

    It’s clear that it’s a challenge to lead live, virtual conversations during a global pandemic — let alone make sense of the virus itself during those gatherings. The technology can be tenuous, your guests are far-flung, and you can’t see your audience. If that’s not enough to bolster your sense of uncertainty and vulnerability, you’re…

  • The show must go on: a month of events

    As we move into autumn in my part of the world, the pandemic endures — and VUCA (volatility, uncertainty, complexity, ambiguity) demands clarity of mind, body and spirit. I’ve been asked to help make sense of all of this through a multiplicity of gatherings, and I invite you to join me: Season 2 of my…