Flip the Cliche 20 Aug 2013 | 08:03 am

Let’s invert a cliche, and look at the way it can change the game: Instead of “Practice what you preach” flip your process to “Preach what you practice.” What kind of difference can it make? Practic...

Colbchella 8 Aug 2013 | 09:31 pm

This is a wonderful example of how a GameChanger responds to adversity. The French superdeejays, Daft Punk, were scheduled to appear on Comedy Central’s Colbert Report Tuesday night. They were no-show...

Schrage the Improviser 2 Aug 2013 | 01:52 am

The ultra-observant Michael Schrage posts this week in the Harvard Business Review Online about the function of social media in enterprise architecture. The questions explored by Schrage relate to str...

Beautiful Question 18 Jul 2013 | 07:55 am

Paul Levy Paul Levy, an accomplished improviser, theatrical producer, and innovation expert based in Brighton, U.K., recently wrote a provocative blog post entitled The Danger of Games in Improvisati...

Trayvon 15 Jul 2013 | 10:43 pm

This is an essay I wrote in March of 2012, as a form of personal catharsis regarding the Trayvon Martin tragedy. At the time, I shared it only with a couple of friends. In light of the events of the p...

On Hold 11 Jul 2013 | 06:59 pm

Quantum Storytelling in Cloud Atlas 8 Jul 2013 | 10:32 pm

Saw Cloud Atlas over the holiday, and to my surprise liked it a lot. (Had not read the book.) One of the reasons I liked it, in addition to the stunning world-building by the filmmakers, is that it to...

THE RISE OF THE CONDUCER 27 Jun 2013 | 10:46 pm

First of all, big thanks to our friend and associate, Rasul Sha’ir, and a blog post on the Cnvrgnc website, for prompting this notion. Background: Rasul knows damn well I don’t like the word “consume...

Heads Up 22 Jun 2013 | 01:56 am

No matter how deeply you ponder and pray over its electronic entrails, a machine cannot foretell your future. No matter how much you love it, a machine will not love you back. Its commitment is to kee...

Hopecam 19 Jun 2013 | 11:07 pm

Eleven years ago, Len Forkas, the CEO of Milestone Communications, got the most devastating news a parent can get from a doctor. His 9-year-old son, Matt, got diagnosed with leukemia. Matt would have ...