A Better World by Design

Indeed, we can design a better world! Since 2008, RISD and Brown students have united innovators around the globe, across many disciplines in a common goal, "Building a Better World".  

This year, I'm honored to do a workshop on applying Aristotle's classic virtues (e.g, love, courage, prudence) to the design process and innovation.  My required haiku:

Oceans deep hide rare

Blue Lobsters found in 'random'

Serendipity.

 

 

 

The Paradox of Trust, Vulnerability and Leadership

Thank you Switch and Shift for this series on trust!

"We usually think of great leaders as strong, unflappable, all-knowing, all-confident and ready to forge ahead.  They have all the answers, they know where they are going, and we trust them without doubt and question. Wrong! Great leaders are strong but don’t hide all their emotions. They know a lot but not everything, they are confident but not arrogant and they are ready to forge ahead – with the help of their team’s insights and inputs.  They want to be challenged and they want hidden assumptions brought to light and questioned." Read on...