What is Dying to be Born?
A few weeks ago, when I checked my inbox, there was an email from Lianne Raymond. Her request: I am asking you, as one of the women I look to for thought leadership, to contribute your idea of “what...
View ArticleMore on Intentions and Goals
Thank you for the interesting comments and insights on intentions vs. goals. In thinking about this today, I realized – Intentions happen in the present. Goals are about the future. Where does...
View ArticleiPads Everywhere!
O’Reilly Media hosted yet another invitation-only, mind-bending, inspiring, fun Foo Camp. In years past, we’ve enjoyed these unconference sessions, laptops glowing, perched on laps, on tables....
View ArticleDee Hock’s 1996 Quote…
Those who have heard me speak know that I often quote Dee Hock, the Founder of Visa, and one of the great business innovators of our time. I use his quote below to describe how technology is evolving...
View ArticleThe Look & Feel of Conscious Computing
With a musical instrument, it’s awkward at first. All thumbs. Uncomfortable. Noise. With practice, the musician becomes self-contained vs. consumed by the instrument; co-creating music. So it...
View ArticleA Badass Musician & a Sixth Degree Aikido Black Belt Advise on Email Apnea
Watching Cameron Carpenter play the organ is a transcendant experience. It’s as if he’s “lit.” The organ just sits there, and Carpenter’s body exudes a powerful energy. Most of us, when we interact...
View ArticleConscious Computing
Conscious Computing Allows Technology to Become a Prosthetic for Engaging with Our Full Potential Personal technologies today are prosthetics for our minds. In our current relationship with technology,...
View ArticleQ & A: Interview with Smart Planet
Q & A: Interview with Smart Planet Here’s a snapshot of the Q & A I did recently with Rachel James of Smart Planet. For the full post and the comments, please click here. You’ve held executive...
View ArticleAspen Ideas Festival: “Information Overload”
Can we be productive in a world full of constant updates? Will we adapt or will we burn out? Linda Stone and William Powers at AIF 2011 Audio link to session is here.
View ArticleThinking about Metrics
Our lust for analytics sometimes divorces us from our humanity. We have “superpowers” that are mysterious and challenging to quantify, and, that are at the heart of who we are as human beings. Only...
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