Posts Tagged ‘community’
Be a catalyst for moral change.
As we focus on our Black brothers’ and sisters’ achievements during Black History Month, I’m left to wonder why the f*ck we only spend one month—and the shortest month of the year!—talking about Black history. There’s so much we need to learn about the Black experience in the United States and about the people who…
Read MoreGo, Set the World On Fire!
Like most things 2020, the upcoming holiday celebrations will look different than they usually do. But the feelings of gratitude, joy, and inspiration burn brighter than ever. I considered this as we finished recording Season 3 of our new podcast, The Combustion Chronicles, which Man on Fire launched earlier this year, to spark game-changing disruption…
Read MoreIs Your Goal for 2021 Disruptive Enough? It’s Time to Dream Big
To succeed as disruptors, we must envision the impossible for our clients and ourselves, to ask, “How might we?†in bold, creative ways and include the question, “How might I?â€Â
Read MoreTurn On, Tune In, Try Out: Three Ways Music Inspires Ingenuity
Act Fast, Fail Fast, Learn Fast? Science says we learn faster when we are free to choose.
ACT FAST, FAIL FAST, LEARN FAST? SCIENCE SAYS WE LEARN FASTER WHEN WE ARE FREE TO CHOOSE.
A recent study in Scientific American showed that people learn faster when they are free to choose which action they make, even if the choice initially leads to a negative outcome. The concept, “choice-confirmation bias,†produces “stabler learning over a wide range of simulated conditions than unbiased (no choice) did.†Researchers also believe that choice-confirmation…
Read MoreLIKE CHILD’S PLAY: 6 WAYS TO CREATE AN ADAPTABLE MINDSET
A study released recently sought to explore why children seem to have more immunity to COVID-19 than adults and are more likely to resist infections or have asymptomatic/mild infections. The researchers found that (most) children are able to fight off COVID-19 because their immune systems are still operating under the assumption that pathogens entering the…
Read MoreMindset 3: Embrace the Mess and Enjoy the Reward
“Fear, to a great extent, is born of a story we tell ourselves.†That’s what Cheryl Strayed concludes in her best-selling memoir, Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail. After her mother’s death, Strayed made a string of bad choices that led to a failed marriage and substance abuse. With nothing more…
Read MoreMindset 2: Authenticity Before Action
In August, astronauts safely splashed down in the Gulf of Mexico, completing NASA’s first successful mission in partnership with a commercial space flight company, Elon Musk’s SpaceX. It was a bright spot for all of us worried about what shoe might drop next in this year of disasters. And it offered a lesson in a…
Read MoreShift Your Mindset and Move To Healing: Radical Relationships
What do radical relationships look like in America? Consider an episode of Black-ish in which Dre Johnson finds a girl in an elevator. Dre begins the scene with a question: “What truly makes America great?†Then he steps towards the office elevator, where he finds a little white girl, alone and on the verge of…
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