"Asking questions is fundamental to the practice of dropping knowledge. There is no better way to initiate a dialog than with a question, no better way to challenge conventional thinking, discover new viewpoints and stimulate fresh ideas…" I have been meaning to post on this ever since a kindly reader of this blog whom I [...]

"With age, some games turn serious" – image below and quote (c) Raph Koster, from A Theory of Fun Quite a while ago, friend and colleague, Colby, alerted me to the importance of ‘gamers’, creaters/designers/players of online games, and their future role in society "they’ll be the future CEO’s" and they will understand what you are [...]

Well I’ve said it for a while, for instance here in November and I know there are a LOT of people who have said it before me, but it appears that failure is now all the rage – see Business Week’s cover story today ‘Failure Breeds Success’… Following an amazing conversation with my friend Jochem Innovation [...]

As I tend to be ever so passionate about the value and benefit of ‘real’ deep communication: conversation, dialogue, storytelling etc; I thought I would share some quotes I stumbled across that resonate and likely better communicate my reasons for these passions…hopefully they make you smile, or something else entirely – have a beautiful day! “Misunderstandings [...]

“Too many of us have lost touch with the fire of conversation. When we talk together, it is rarely with depth. For the most part, we see our conversations as either opportunities to trade information or opportunities to win points. Difficulties that might otherwise be resolved or even dissolved persist. And often we find we [...]

"Making money is art and working is art and good bsiness is the best art of all" – Andy Warhol (1928-1987) My accountant recently told me "I am here to do great work for honest clients and make good money" about his business and I thought – well, there is someone who has the right [...]

" "Does this frighten you?" asked Antoine de Saint-Exupery in The Little Prince in 1945. "Does this frighten you?" I ask in 2005. Certainly it frightens me. But it frightens me more if it doesn’t frighten you! Because the image is not of a ‘hat’. It is a boa constrictor digesting an elephant. [Hint: If [...]

This great project works at the intersections of immigration, youth, community and technology/social media I love when people take things and combine them in wonderful ways, especially when they elevate communities and engage difficult conversations in a positive way! Well done to Josh Levy and everyone involved in the Bronx Blogging Project. I also like that this project is a [...]

Evidently all my talking about the importance of conversation and story has become a sticky message for those around me – I received this article "Are We Having a Conversation Yet? An Art Form Evolves in today’s NYTimes. (You may need a password for this link after today but I have posted the whole article in the comment section [...]

If E-mail had been around before the telephone was invented people would have said "hey, forget e-mail – with this new telephone invention I can actually talk to people” – Anon   I am mid-article writing with two fabulous women, Marge and Brenda, on the benefits of telephone as a medium for global conversations and learning. [...]