Art Credit: Brown Eyed Girls by Katty Smith My book, Reimagining Our Tomorrows: Making Sure Your Future Doesn’t SUCK, was released yesterday. Which also meant that yesterday marked the beginning of the REALLY BIG BOOK PROMOTION TOUR. To kick things off, I was invited to speak at an event on sustainable tourism at a […]
Ah, the first few days of a new year. A time when we typically wrap up the year that has ended (thank god in this case) and turn our attention to the grand possibilities of a new circle around the sun. Traditionally, this is also the time for futurists to peer into their crystal balls […]
The Center for the Future of Museums recently launched their Future Fiction Challenge to encourage innovative thinking about the role of museums in the future of learning. I was asked, along with some amazing writers and futurists, to seed the challenge with example stories. What follows is my contribution. You can read all the stories […]
“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times,…” The opening of Charles Dickens’ Tale of Two Cities is so often quoted, particularly to describe inflamed political discourse, that is has become almost cliche. But take a look at the rest of the passage and you discover that it perfectly expresses the […]
I recently marked the first anniversary of my decision to leave Walt Disney Imagineering to pursue my dream of helping organizations “imagine better tomorrows.” The decision to leave the comfort of a twenty-year career behind in search of a new adventure was an intimidating leap of faith. As it turns out one year later, I […]
but I couldn’t stop myself. You see I got an email the other day from someone I did not know (nothing new there right?). This one was a journalist requesting that I help him with an article he was writing. Typically I appreciate those requests, but this one was…well, here’s the whole text: I’m writing […]
A few weeks ago I was asked to contribute some thoughts to an article for Fast Company about new jobs that might exist in 2025. One of the occupations I suggested was the Professional Triber: “a freelance professional manager that specializes in putting teams together for very specific projects.” Since the article appeared I’ve received […]
I just returned from an amazing experience at the edge of the world, well at least the edge of this continent. I had the great pleasure to spend four days participating in a brainstorm/workshop/festival called Liminus. The event brought a diverse group of artists, performers, thinkers, and community makers to the tiny town of Woody […]
This is a beautiful ode to the importance of considering our actions in protecting the earth. Celebrate Earth day. Watch this video SORRY Go hug your favorite tree and then commit to do your part to make sure we don’t have to tell future generations SORRY!
