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What should I be reading or listening to? Tips for focus and cognitive fitness

What should I be reading or listening to? Tips for focus and cognitive fitness

Undigested information. Clogged thoughts. Bloated brain. You can see it in the eyes exposed to too many words, images, memes, videos: distant, distressed, and drained. You just went to the all-you-can-eat giga shop known as the World Wide Web or drank mightily of the social media fountain. There is too

The Flawed Foundation of Materiality Assessments

The Flawed Foundation of Materiality Assessments

In today's corporate world, sustainability materiality assessments have achieved an almost untouchable reverence, akin to a sacred ritual whose importance is rarely, if ever, questioned. However, it’s time we scrutinize this concept and its prevalent methodology. Doctor Appointment as Materiality Assessment Consider this analogy: Imagine visiting your

Subsistence: Lessons from an Oil Spill

Subsistence: Lessons from an Oil Spill

Some of my first lessons in business and economics came from subsistence fishermen and farmers in different places of the world. One such teacher was an Alutiiq elder in Alaska. Chenega Bay is on an island in Prince William Sound. You land on a narrow strip of dirt and the

Jerry Seinfeld Reveals How to Tackle Climate Change

Jerry Seinfeld Reveals How to Tackle Climate Change

Comedian Jerry Seinfeld has a great bit where he highlights our human tendency toward what behavioral economists called "present bias": our preference for short-term gratification. On The Tonight Show With Jay Leno, Seinfeld explains how this present bias works: "Night Guy" can mess with "Morning

5 Lessons We All Need Right Now from My Daughter's Battle with an Eating Disorder

5 Lessons We All Need Right Now from My Daughter's Battle with an Eating Disorder

Image above is a photo of an "altered book" that was my daughter's art project during her recovery. You "alter" an old book by making each page a separate collage or painting. This article was originally published in 2021, during the global pandemic. The

Stop Telling Young People to Wait Their Turn: Reflections on Years of Bad Advice

Stop Telling Young People to Wait Their Turn: Reflections on Years of Bad Advice

Like many insights, this one started with a crisis, this one of my own making. This crisis was built from bad advice for students I have trafficked in for years, convenient half-truths passed on for my convenience than for their edification. Here's what I mean: Student A says:

Too Hard to Measure or to Face? How Sustainability Lost Its Focus on Equity and Can Get it Back

Too Hard to Measure or to Face? How Sustainability Lost Its Focus on Equity and Can Get it Back

I love to cook. In fact, I am THE cook in the house. If you too are the cook, you know the pressure to deliver timely, tasty nutrition. There is nothing like a great frying pan that cooks evenly, has a sturdy handle and is non-stick. On many nights, a