In August I am embarking on a conversational exploration with the people of this state. Traveling in an RV through small towns and embracing open conversation, we will discover and share significant insights about the lives, cultures and stories of Nebraskans and our...
Our relationships with technology are dehumanizing us. First, in our professional lives, work as we presently know it is rapidly giving way to technological solutions and automated processes. This is not confined to repetitive mechanical operations. The exponential...
I am deeply troubled by the fragmenting of our increasingly homogenized communities and the widening of the social boundaries separating different cohorts in many domains, whether of power, wealth, education, culture or otherwise. My dismay, however, is alleviated by...
Who would have thought that it would be poetry that stirred fear and loathing in the souls of our elected leaders (or, at least, those in South Carolina)? Poetry: The provocative first line of tense reckoning. Poetry: The rhythmic hand ripping away the band-aid to...
At Monday morning’s Brain Buzz conversational creativity clinic, one of Dan Gilbert and my ideation adventurers spoke of the need to address inequalities in our community. Inequality is one of those issues that has chafed my sense of right and wrong since childhood...
Conversation matters. It is fundamental to our human yearning to connect with others and to build community. We may feel overwhelmed by the inequities confronting us, disturbed by the acrimony of our polarized politics and troubled by local and global traumas, yet our...
