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This confirms something I have always intuitively believed: knowledge wants out. It wants to be known and understood. It might take a very long time, and people might be persecuted for trying to help it come out (think Galileo or those who opposed the tobacco industry), but eventually knowledge will out. Even when governments have spent decades de-educating and deculturating young minds, intelligent people are still capable of discerning garbage when they see it. And most people are intelligent, regardless of their level of schooling. Science is not an opinion like any other. It represents a wide consensus developed from calculation, observation, and repeatable experimentation. It also includes the ability to correct its own errors and develop new models. It has no room for ideology or blind belief - those things may be useful in other areas of life but not in science.

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I really liked this HBR piece (link in comments) on teams and circadian rhythms. It adds another useful lens for thinking about teams as collections of humans at the core. Unsurprisingly, humans don’t all think, create, focus, or recharge on the same schedule. I’ve been thinking about the idea of “chronotypes” and how it feels similar to the rise of interaction styles, leadership styles, personality frameworks, and other workplace assessments. These tools can be genuinely useful, but only if we approach them with curiosity rather than using them to reduce people to a “type” in the name of optimization. Helping people do their best work means creating the conditions for individuals to thrive — which ultimately strengthens the team as a whole. One practical application: adding a few simple questions into onboarding or team norm conversations. - When do you have the most energy for focused work? - When do collaborative meetings feel best for you? - What time of day tends to drain you fastest? Concepts like this can help managers make more thoughtful choices about seemingly simple but foundational elements of team success: 1:1 timing, meeting blocks, deep work windows, and collaboration rhythms. Rather than treating this as the next workplace hack, I see it as another helpful lens for building healthy, effective teams. What do you think?

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I have long recommended Robert Shiller's work, "Narrative Economics." His work seems even more relevant at this particularly moment. If you are looking for a business book for a book club or if you want to understand why storytelling is so powerful, this book is fascinating. As someone who teaches storytelling to tech companies, pharma, law and accounting, I find Shiller's work so rich and compelling. Storytelling is old but remains a primary construct of meaning making. #storytelling #leadership #keynotespeaker #keynote #professionaldevelopment #narrativeleadership #retreatspeaker #learninganddevelopment #storytellingforbusiness #storytellingandai #storytellingforinfluence https://lnkd.in/gHv58f_j

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I asked our community what professional challenges they’re working through. Nobody described an information gap. Every response was a tension — competing demands that have to be navigated simultaneously. That changes what a useful gathering looks like. Wrote about what we learned and the formats we’re building from it: https://lnkd.in/ehFD4Eqj

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We need more capitalism, not less. At a better monday, people often hear our mission and tell me it sounds like socialism. That couldn’t be farther from the truth. In the insightful piece by Terrence Keeley from Impact Evaluation Lab and Jim Sorenson from Sorenson Impact (https://lnkd.in/eGZ5p-Db) “Too much capitalism isn’t driving our unequal outcomes. The problem is we don’t have enough.” They point out something obvious, yet inconvenient: the wealth gap isn’t caused by “too much capitalism.” It’s caused by the lack of true capital‑ownership opportunities for most people. In Western economies, the gap between the richest and the rest is widening, rapidly. When most people don’t have access to the tools of wealth creation, freedom becomes a hollow promise. Household wealth is built through three time‑tested routes: 🏡Ownership of your home 📈Long‑term broad participation in the stock market 👩🏻‍🔧 Direct stake in successful, private businesses With real estate pricing outpacing inflation and wage growth stagnating, buying a home is out of reach for many people. Without an asset, like a house, building or buying a productive business is out of reach. Where employee ownership comes in That third route, direct participation, is where we focus. By democratising business ownership, we unlock capitalism’s full promise: 🤝 Employees become co‑owners, not just wage‑earners 💰 Wealth is generated for people who’d otherwise be excluded 💕 Legacy is created, not just financial, but community‑anchored, values‑based At a better monday we believe free markets hold the key, not because they serve the few, but because they can serve the many. The fix isn’t less capitalism. The fix is better capitalism. Structured so more people get a slice of the value they help create.

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What becomes possible when personal story, artistic practice, and community leadership are placed in conversation with neuroscience? In the first episode of Season 2 of the Dancing into Brain Health podcast, we’re joined by: * Szewah Chin 秦思华 — communications expert, journalist, and Board Chair of DanceStream Projects * Hilary Brown-Istrefi — dancer, choreographer, teaching artist, and DIBH podcast editor Together, they reflect on the urgent need for more spaces that intentionally bridge the arts, neuroscience, and community practice — not as parallel efforts, but as shared pathways toward belonging, meaning, and brain health. This conversation invites us to imagine what’s next, and to consider what dialogues are still missing as we work toward more inclusive and holistic approaches to brain health. 🎧 Listen to the full episode on Spotify and Apple Podcasts (link in comments). What questions or conversations would you like to see explored this season? 
#ArtsAndNeuroscience #DanceForBrainHealth #CommunityHealth #CreativeAging #LivedExperience #ArtsAdvocacy #HealthInnovation #DementiaAdvocacy #InterdisciplinaryDialogue

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🌍 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐬 𝐰𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐢𝐧 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐟𝐢𝐱𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐞𝐝? And if they’re designed, then surely we can redesign them. In the latest episode of the Future of Sustainability podcast, I’m joined by Gary A. Bolles, Chair for the Future of Work at Singularity University and author of The Next Rules of Work. Gary doesn’t just track trends, he challenges the operating systems of society and dares us to co-create better ones. We explore: 🔁 How to rethink work, learning, and economic models for a sustainable future 🧠 Why adaptability, curiosity, and empathy are the true superpowers of the 21st century 🤖 How AI-powered learning companions could transform education 🌱 Why purpose-driven systems and inclusive capitalism offer a better path forward 👩‍🌾 And why John Deere might want to hire someone obsessed with tractors, satellites, and soil This is a powerful conversation about redesigning the future before the next crisis forces our hand. 🎧 Listen to the episode 👇 #FutureOfSustainability #FutureOfWork #SystemsThinking #Sustainability #Regeneration #InclusiveCapitalism #Leadership #Foresight #AI #Education #Podcast

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12 ways you can use storytelling to create positive change in the world. No. 2 The Public Narrative Framework by Marshall Ganz I first came across this framework in the fantastic book, Get Together, by Bailey Richardson, Kevin Huynh & Kai Elmer Sotto. As soon as I heard (I was listening) them talk about the three stories you can use to unite a community around a cause, I had to learn more. Marshall Ganz is no lightweight. He's a longtime community organiser and Harvard Kennedy School professor. Moreover, Marshall played a key role in designing Barack Obama’s 2008 grassroots field strategy. In short: he knows his sh*t. Anyway, enough of the background, let's dive into it. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰 𝗡𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗲𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 A simple but powerful structure made up of three parts, told in this order: 1️⃣ Story of Self Why you are called to act. This is about sharing the values and experiences that have shaped you — making your motivation relatable and real. It answers: Why am I here? Why do I care? 2️⃣ Story of Us Why we are called to act. This connects your personal story to the shared values, experiences, or challenges of a community, organisation, or movement. It answers: Why are we here together? What do we share? 3️⃣ Story of Now Why we must act urgently. This lays out the current challenge, the stakes, and the opportunity — ending with a clear call to action. It answers: Why must we act now? What is at risk if we don’t? When done well, these stories inform AND rally people. Because they answer the three big questions every audience is asking: Who are you? Why does this matter? And why now? Give it a go. — Hi, I'm Kevin Karaca For the first 12 days of December, I'm sharing different ways you can use storytelling to create positive change in the world. Follow me for more.

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"“Thinking,” says Munthe, “is a contact sport.” Perhaps the most important takeaway is that our fundamental values have little to nothing to do with choice, and that differences in belief generally follow from these values. Munthe argues that we live in a world of value pluralism, in which no one set of values works for all people, at all times. Liberalism, for example, works well in a prosperous, stable society but in times of crisis or upheaval, conservatism can provide much-needed stability. The world needs a diversity of values so that all can be drawn on when needed, so we ought to see those with whom we disagree politically as allies, not enemies. Munthe’s book turns out to be not just a fascinating survey of why we think what we think. It is a much-needed manifesto for how we should deal with difference in a polarised age."

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Most organizations aren’t “majoring” in AI and shouldn’t be.  They were built for a different mission. Michael Kubzansky's recent essay offers a powerful frame: if you major in something else, you should declare a serious minor in AI. To minor seriously in AI is to put your institution in conversation with what AI can achieve today and might achieve tomorrow, on every dimension of the institution’s operation: how people work and what future they are working toward; how the organization engages and learns alongside others in its ecosystem; how the organization stewards and deploys its capital, its talent and its voice. As I’ve wrestled with what this means in practice, I’ve written this piece, which imagines in detail what a minor could look like for an endowed foundation. Perhaps this will feel like a quirky example. An endowed foundation can persist in approximately its current form for decades while the world it was built to act on changes beyond recognition. That durability makes visionary philanthropy possible, and makes it difficult to avoid a widening gap between the vision to which a foundation has committed and its powers to deliver on that vision. Businesses face survival risk; foundations face the risk of quiet futility. My post: https://lnkd.in/g--NqB4m Mike’s essay: https://lnkd.in/gJjduPdW #AI #Leadership #Philanthropy

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Need more of this kind of support out there. Forming a new under resourced non-profit isn’t always the answer. There is power in combining and aligning forces to achieve common goals.

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From noise levels to relational energy, every element matters in trauma-informed design. Here’s how I create spaces that support neurodivergent and highly sensitive lives. In Episode 109 of the ReConnect with Plant Wisdom Podcast, I'm joined by Stephanie Lee Jackson, founder of @PracticalSanctuary (Sensory Interior Design) as we explore how trauma-informed design can transform our living spaces into sanctuaries that support our nervous systems and cater to neurodivergent needs. Watch/Listen to the episode HERE 👉 https://lnkd.in/dFQB9sdT Topics Covered about NeuroDivergent Interior Design ➡️ Why designing for your nervous system is more than a luxury—it’s a necessity. ➡️ The difference between biophilic trends and truly supportive space design. ➡️ How plants and lighting help regulate neurodivergent bodies. ➡️ The role of personalization in creating healing environments for yourself and others. sensory design,neurodivergent sanctuary,nervous system regulation,trauma informed design,highly sensitive people,biophilic design,natural interior design,plant based healing,designing for creativity,eco conscious business,practical sanctuary,interior design for wellbeing,healing environments,plant inspired space,nature connection,self regulation tools,sacred space design,home nervous system reset,conscious interior design,spaces for neurodivergent people

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A lot of disability inclusion efforts fail because the funding isn’t structured to last. Grants get pilots off the ground. But without layered capital, cultural alignment, and flexibility, even the best initiatives collapse when they try to scale. This week’s Strategic Insight Brief looks at why structuring capital is the real strategy behind sustainable inclusion — and how leaders can design financing that holds up under pressure. Read here: https://lnkd.in/guiE6QvF #Disability #Strategy #Impact #Finance #Inclusion

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As an innovation strategist I was thrilled to see the latest Initiative Trends from the Global Wellness Institute. Because if you’re still positioning “stress reduction” at your company, you’re already behind. The latest Global Wellness trends point to something much bigger: Wellness is shifting from individual programs to system-level design. That looks like: Nervous system regulation Functional longevity Built environments Social connection Wellbeing is becoming infrastructure. And yet almost no one is asking: How is the workday itself designed? We’re still layering solutions on top of schedules that don’t work. The future isn’t more wellness programs, it’s redesigning how work actually happens. Sean Elliott

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The decline in reading and rise of authoritarianism seem linked, but blaming 'screens' misses the real problem: we've stripped away the infrastructure (libraries, youth clubs, public spaces) where reading communities are built. Democracy needs multiple forms of literacy, not just books. Read my lastest post on why systemic literacy matters more than mourning the printed page. https://lnkd.in/eKPFczMc

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ICYMI: Adding to the flurry of activity coming out of Department for Science, Innovation and Technology, Renaissance Philanthropy has put out a request for proposals for AI-for-Science datasets. This crowdsourcing of dataset proposals is giving the people actually doing the science a chance to say what matters. Too often, funding is top-down or locked into whatever’s “trendy,” and some of the most useful datasets never get built. High-quality datasets are the real bottleneck in AI-driven science, and they must be tailored for the specific application in mind. We can debate architectures all day, but without relevant, well-curated data, even the best models go nowhere. This was exemplified in the recent Virtual Cell Challenge, where simple regression models performed at the same level as complex and computationally intensive foundation models - and the most relevant datasets in the context of the ultimate application had the biggest impact on performance vs. larger, broader datasets - see https://lnkd.in/eJufNV4G from the team at Turbine. If you’ve got an idea for a dataset that could actually move the needle in biology, chemistry, materials, or energy, this is the kind of opportunity that could make it happen! 🔗 https://lnkd.in/eEWzmriG

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WHO’S HOLDING THE MIC ON INNOVATION? 🎤 For too long, innovation has been dictated to us. Tools built elsewhere, dropped into the Global South, without our voices shaping the design. But innovation without equity isn’t innovation at all. It’s extraction. Spoiler: it better not just be the same old voices. It’s time for Africa + the Caribbean to grab the mic and remix the future. Because if innovation isn’t shaped by us — it’s not really innovation, it’s just tech tourism. I don’t believe in “imported futures.” I believe in futures that we build with our own hands, guided by our own realities. Africa and the Caribbean aren’t passive players in AI. We are makers. We are shapers. We are the voice. #Africa #Caribbean #GlobalSouth #AI #Equity #Innovation # SuperShay

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