Coming from the Latin genui meaning to “to bring into being,” genius is when we consciously and intentionally birth something entirely new into being.
Reading news stories that offer solutions and hope can make us more engaged with the news.
There is more possibility to do bad now than ever. There is also more ability to do good now than ever. Which will we choose? How will our generation be remembered?
IDEO’s David Kelley says that product design has become much less about the hardware and more about the user experience.
Conscious leaders choose to reveal, not conceal.
How can I use my experience as a father not to lose my sense of self, as I’ve always feared would happen, but to become more myself than ever?
How can we transcend our embrace of detached irony and cynicism and step into genuine, vulnerable sincerity?
Ijeoma Oluo discusses why it’s so hard talk about race and why we must do it anyway in this Google Talk.
In order to become fertile for disruptive innovation, a business must reposition itself as a living human development lab, using creativity and teamwork to regenerate the systems within which it operates.
The Way of the Essentialist isn’t about getting more done in less time. It’s not about getting less done. It’s about getting only the right things done.
Is it possible to reinvent organizations, to devise a new model that makes work productive, fulfilling, and meaningful?
The opposite of addiction is not sobriety, it’s connection.
We must accept that the present moment, and how we show up in it, is largely outside of control, pre-destined by what came before it. And we must also accept that there is always a gap between reality and potential.
This RSA Animate was adapted from a talk given at the RSA by Sir Ken Robinson, world-renowned education and creativity expert and recipient of the RSA’s Benjamin Franklin award.
The only way to achieve a society where individuals are truly allowed to be seen for themselves is to finally fully acknowledge just how deeply our existing mental models and institutions fail in this regard.
Tom Szaky, CEO and Founder of TerraCycle explains the circular economy using a toothbrush and how the power to shape the future of disposability lies in the hands of consumers.
That night was the first time I truly came upon the little boy that lives inside me, that still carries all the insecurities and awkwardnesses of my childhood, that still has no idea how to operate in the world, that still finds a way to influence my thoughts and behaviors today without me realizing it.
Is it possible that the most effective way to bring about the respectful and caring behavior we so want is to tolerate behaviors that we find deeply intolerant and intolerable?
Let us first and foremost be open to possibility. Because the future we want and need is one that has not yet been fully imagined.
What depths of wisdom, peace, and purpose can I activate simply by becoming more aware of who I already am, understanding my core essence, and living it as deeply as I can every day?
Power. It was intoxicating and somehow deeply familiar, as if it had been waiting dormant inside of me.
The higher wisdom is in discerning what is needed for a given moment and being flexible enough to offer the moment what it needs, whether it be radical compassion, tough love, or better yet, both.
