Is Publishing Sustainable?
A series of articles by Kaitlin Curtice Read the first one here
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Mature Industries
From “Innovation and Entrepreneurship” by Peter F. Drucker The industries that fueled the long economic expansion after World War II – automobiles, steel, rubber, electrical apparatus, consumer electronics, telephone, but also petroleum – perfectly fit the Kondratieff cycle. Technologically, all of them go back to the fourth quarter of the nineteenth century or, at the
From Memes to Memories: Gen-Z’s Quest for Shared Experiences
By Mark Schafer I believe that the needs identified here are increasingly applicable across the age spectrum, but I totally understand why that is even more the case for Gen-Z. Read the free article here
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Trust is a function of two things: character and competence
From “The Speed of Trust: The One Thing That Changes Everything” by Stephen M. R. Covey Most of us tend to think about trust in terms of character – of being a good or sincere person or of having ethics or integrity. And character is absolutely foundational and essential. But as I suggested in the
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Default to Distrust: A New Paradigm for Engaging with Generative AI Models
By Shelly Palmer Read the free article here
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hunches need time to develop
From “Where Good Ideas Come From: The Natural History of Innovation” by Steven Johnson The snap judgments of intuition – as powerful as they can be – are rarities in the history of world-changing ideas. Most hunches that turn into important innovations unfold over much longer time frames. They start with a vague, hard-to-describe sense
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The Need to Praise
From “Listening to Your Life: Daily Meditations with Frederick Buechner” by Frederick Buechner THE NEXT WINTER I sat in Army fatigues somewhere near Anniston, Alabama, eating my supper out of a mess kit. The infantry training battalion that I had been assigned to was on bivouac. There was a cold drizzle of rain, and everything
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I sought help from God
From “What Makes You Come Alive: A Spiritual Walk with Howard Thurman” by Lerita Coleman Brown I was a very sensitive child who suffered much from the violences of racial conflict. The climate of our town, Daytona Beach, Florida, was better than most Southern towns because of the influence of the tourists who wintered there.
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Our Deepest Calling
From “Let Your Life Speak: Listening for the Voice of Vocation” by Parker J. Palmer Our deepest calling is to grow into our own authentic selfhood, whether or not it conforms to some image of who we ought to be. As we do so, we will not only find the joy that every human being
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Estimating Your Abilities
From “Mindset: The New Psychology of Success” by Carol S. Dweck, PhD Studies show that people are terrible at estimating their abilities. Recently, we set out to see who is most likely to do this. Sure, we found that people greatly misestimated their performance and their ability. But it was those with the fixed mindset
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