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University student-designed solar cars show a path to the future
Finding myself fretting about the future of mockingbirds in a changing climate, I ventured over to the Circuit of the Americas to see what the American Solar Challenge was all about. University...
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Take a Moment to Be Quiet
It’s Sept. 11, which is now far enough in the past that many people don’t remember the horror of the day. But there’s much to be said for pausing to remember that anything can happen at any moment....
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Appreciate the process
I am firmly convinced there are no straight lines. The goal may be clear – a speech, successful meeting, signed contract — but the path rarely maps with the project plan. A colleague once told me she...
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SXSW Interactive: Can design change the way we think about healthcare delivery?
Can we use the creativity and rigors of the design process to change how we deliver health care? After a week of SXSW Interactive, I’d say yes, it makes sense and certainly couldn’t hurt. After over a...
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A Marketer’s Lessons from Brexit
Ever failed to gain support for a smart, admirable product or campaign that seemed like a no-brainer? Something like conserving water? Attracting technical talent? Remote storage (until it became the...
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Stuck in a Habit: Is Predictive Adaptation Possible?
Editor’s Note: I was thinking about this post in terms of a session on Predictive Adaptation I sat in on last month. Dr. Liz Alexander moderated. She is considering a book on the subject which boils...
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Trying a New Approach to Collaboration, Large and Small
When I think of horrific meeting experiences, my mind rewinds to a hands-on seminar I led years ago for Apple. The objective was to introduce teachers to Apple’s desktop. It was a group presentation...
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Weighing the Trans-Pacific Partnership on a Larger Scale
Two statistics alone — that 96 percent of the world’s consumers and 80 percent of the world’s purchasing power are outside the United States — should insure our attention is riveted on the first of...
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Skills are Our Best Renewable Strategy
I recently went to the IBM Amplify conference, which was built around IBM’s cognitive offering, Watson. It was, of course, all about knowledge and skills. Although technology majored, human skills were...
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World Spins series spotlights thought leaders on the cusp of disruption
I wanted to let you know about a project I’m working on with the World Affairs Council. Its best described as a salon series showcasing some of the forces re-shaping the world we think we know —...
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Policy Weirding: Climate Change and National Security
Will the military drive our national climate change agenda? Dr. Joshua Busby dropped by a session of the World Spins for an update. Just last week, the Environmental Protection Agency announced that...
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Do Tariffs Make Us More Competitive?
David Firestein dropped by last week’s “World Spins” session to reassure us that at about $1 trillion, give or take a few million, the U.S.-China trade relationship is too big to fail. But he had some...
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Austin, Texas: A Case Study in Managing Competitive Crises
Three things are clear about the future: technology will determine competitiveness; talent comes in all colors, nationalities and genders; and the problems are too big, too complex to solve in...
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Business and Culture: Transatlantic Business Leaders Offer Advice, Wearing...
Five business leaders walked onto the stage of the Texas-EU Summit to talk about managing transatlantic businesses. Two run European units based in the United States; two developed European units of...
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The First Americans’“Send Them Back,” Retold
Walking through Jeffrey Gibson’s extraordinary installation, “This Is the Day,” you hear an echo from the first Americans: “Send them Back.” Gibson, a gay Native American artist, draws inspiration...
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Building the 5G Wall: What Do We Want to Become?
A super-fast national Internet exclusively for urban America? That’s the scenario that comes to mind in reading the Defense Innovation Board‘s report on 5G, the next generation of super-fast wireless...
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Trading the Eagle for a $ Sign
If you climb a short flight of stairs at the LBJ Presidential Library and turn, you’re dwarfed by an immense presidential seal. It takes your breath away, the scale and power of that symbol. The first...
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Trying a New Approach to Collaboration, Large and Small
When I think of horrific meeting experiences, my mind rewinds to a hands-on seminar I led years ago for Apple. The objective was to introduce teachers to Apple’s desktop. It was a group presentation...
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Trading the Eagle for a $ Sign
When you reach the mezzanine of the LBJ Presidential Library as I did recently, turn, and you find yourself dwarfed by an immense presidential seal. At its center is the bald eagle, the symbol of both...
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Meetings Aren’t Getting You Where You Want to Go? Try Something New
I thrive on early mornings but shun early-morning meetings. For me, morning is thinking time. Even summoning the power of speech before 9 am takes an effort. Nevertheless on Valentine’s Day, I led a...
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