White Van Hoaxes Versus Deep Breaths
You may have seen those Facebook rumors about white vans “spreading fear,” as CNN and other media reported a series…
Browsing: My Gray Rhino
The Mobile Phone Addiction Gray Rhino
Two very strange things happened recently to make me feel that society’s technological over-indulgence was paving the way to disaster.…
Automation: Two Cautionary Tales
I stopped by my neighborhood pharmacy this morning and asked the desk pharmacist if the annual flu shot was available…
Monarch Migration: Risk, Odds, and Purpose
With a couple of shoeboxes in hand, my neighbor and friend Lynne and I walked 15 minutes to a nearby…
The Risk in Not Asking
The greatest risk that most people take is the one that prevents them from getting what they want, need and…
You Can’t Be Too Careful
I got a call on my cell phone yesterday that Caller ID said was one of the banks where I…
How Much Time Do You Leave to Get to the Airport?
Amanda Mull’s recent article in The Atlantic, “There Are Two Types of Airport People,” got me thinking about these two…
The Power of Thinking in Reverse
The book Alice in Wonderland sits permanently on my desk: it serves as a reminder to be curious and that…
Think Big – But Quit Knocking Thinking Small
Over the past year, more than half of UK consumers reported using less plastic in a phenomenon dubbed the “Attenborough…
Is It Risk or Uncertainty? The Answer Matters
A lot of people tell me that innovation goes nowhere at their organization because their management is too risk averse.…