Why Power is the Only Metric That Matters

by | Mar 4, 2023

There was a time when I could stop a conversation dead just by walking into a room.  A friend told me they used to know I was nearby when the energy in the room shifted. They’d watch cabinet ministers, political staff and lobbyists cast a glance in my direction...

Hard Truths About Digital Power

by | Feb 25, 2023

This week I brought a knife to a gunfight. Sean Connery’s beat cop Jimmy Malone from The Untouchables was echoing in my head this week as I read through my newsfeed. In the United States, court filings in Dominion Voting Systems’ $1.6-billion defamation lawsuit...

Beyoncé and the Risks and Rewards of Imitating Innovation

by | Feb 17, 2023

Grammy voters just might break your soul if you’re a long-time Beyoncé fan. Earlier this month, Beyoncé, arguably the most influential person in music, broke the record for most Grammy wins, earning her 29th, 30th, 31st, and 32nd Grammy awards for Renaissance, an...

Want to make a better world? Tell me more.

by | Feb 4, 2023

I make my living helping people make sense of complicated, complex, and often contentious stuff. Yet, of all the presentations, workshops and coaching I’ve done, one exercise stands above them all.  I call it Talking to Humans.  It’s a deceptively simple...