A Writer at Large
The Age of AI has arrived. It’s still in its primitive stages–what you might call the “You’ve Got Mail” stage. The question is whether we can use AI for human purposes. No doubt, AI can do some amazing thing. At a conference on AI, John Maeda explained how he used AI to create an app […]
This originally appeared in The Angry Bear blog on politics and policy. Why are we waiting? Three months have passed since the Supreme Court’s decision in Trump v. United States, which grants the president “absolute immunity” in all crimes committed in the performance of “official acts.” If allowed to stand, the Court’s decision makes the president untouchable. Any […]
Communication is the lifeblood of professional life. Whatever their specialized knowledge, skills, or tasks, people need to communicate with colleagues and clients inside and outside the organization. How can we understand the power of communication? McKinsey consultants use the “T” model to describe their work. The vertical bars (|) represent the activities of distinct operations […]
Never in our lifetimes have we faced a challenge like the coronavirus. Coming at a time of intense division and mistrust, we must volunteer to give up our way of life in order to save our way of life. We must sacrifice not just for the people we love but for the ones we don’t. […]
Excerpt on women’s speakers at the MW from Nobody Turn Me Around by Charles Euchner (click)