People seem to have a hard time imagining a world without growth, specifically economic growth or population growth. There’s also personal growth but I’m talking about materially measurable growth so population growth and economic growth. People seem to believe that economic growth is necessary. I’ve looked and I have not found any reasonable proof. If you know of any, please let me know. People say you need inflation to keep[…] Keep reading →

Walking in space twice has got to be one of the most amazing experiences humans can have. If you’re like me, you will want to hear what it’s like. I loved hearing about Earth, seeing Earth from space, the feeling of launch, all of that uncertainty, all of those thrills. You’ll have to listen to hear the rest. Having walked in space twice however huge is just part of Tim’s[…] Keep reading →

I want to tell two stories that helped guide my environmental behavior, rather one story, a personal one, and one illustration. The first story is back when I played Ultimate Frisbee in college. A guy threw me a pass and it was out of my reach. So I watched the disco by because I couldn’t make a play for it, I couldn’t catch it. At the end of the point[…] Keep reading →

This is a long episode but if you care about business, business school students wish they had access to global corporate leaders at the frontier of change like this episode. Lorna and I are in person, we are talking about multinationals she’s led across the globe. We also talk about vegetables and we talk about major leaders reduced to tears reckoning what they could do but have put off for[…] Keep reading →

I wish you could see the context of this conversation at Dawn Riley’s sailing center. Dawn Riley has sailed in three Americas cups. She’s won around the world races, she’s won the America’s Cup, she’s led other teams. We’re at the sailing center that she runs to restart the elite level of American sailing. A couple of hours before this conversation she sent me out to see Olympic medalists competing[…] Keep reading →

This is the third episode with John Lee Dumas. If you’ve listened to the first two you know the podcast format, you know the introduction, the music and all that stuff. I am going to skip all that and go right into completely unedited my third conversation with John Lee Dumas. I want to highlight, I met him before our first podcast in person but after that you’re hearing almost[…] Keep reading →

David and I could have talked about growth and how many people think growth is sustainable and non-growth isn’t which seems based on a system hurtling toward collapse whereas a steady-state economy and population can be sustainable. Human populations have lived for hundreds of thousands of years, hundreds of thousands of years without growth whereas our growth just since Industrial pollution it doesn’t look like it’s going to last 1000[…] Keep reading →

Today’s guest is Sally Singer, creative director at vogue.com. My conversation with her is so fascinating. This is the first one. I’ve split one episode into two parts partly because this is such a new world for me but I believe incredibly valuable for leadership. So the first episode this one is on vogue.com. It’s on storytelling and journalism in general. She’s had a storied career throughout journalism including the[…] Keep reading →

You’ve heard the idea that with social media, Google and most free services online you’re the product. The idea was probably thought provoking when you heard it. For most people it’s an ending point. But what if you considered it a starting point for your thoughts. Where does it lead? What does it tell you about yourself, society, the internet, markets, humanity? Because the Internet began as a medium to[…] Keep reading →