There are moments in life when the world seems to remind us of our proper size.

Stand along the shore of Big Spirit as the sun rises over perfectly still water. Watch the sky slowly change from darkn...

In 2021, I attended a seminar hosted by the Santa Fe Institute in New Mexico, a world-renowned think tank dedicated to understanding complexity. The audience reflected that mission. Scientists, busine...

In 1999 Chris Chabris and Dan Simons conducted one of the most famous experiments in modern behavioral science. It has become known simply as "The Invisible Gorilla."

Participants were shown a short ...

One of the most common mistakes in business - and in life - is assuming that one successful strategy will work forever.

In 2018 I met an author, Martin Reeves, who explored this idea in an outstandin...

There is an old expression in business and technology: “paving the cow paths.”

Before roads and sidewalks were carefully designed, people and animals created paths by repeatedly traveling the same ro...

One of the greatest sources of stress in modern life may be the nagging feeling that we are falling behind. There is always a new technology to understand, another software update to install, a new ar...