We are living
through one of the greatest inflection points in history…. The three largest
forces on the planet -- technology, globalization, and climate change -- are
all accelerating at once. As a result,
so many aspects of our societies, work places, and geopolitics are being
reshaped and need to be reimagined.
I needed permission
to be alone with my thoughts -- without having to tweet about them, take a picture of them, or share them with anyone.
When you are a
reporter, your focus is on digging up facts to explain the visible and the
complex and to unearth and expose the impenetrable and the hidden -- wherever
that takes you. You are there to inform,
without fear or favor.
It takes caring to
ignite caring; it takes empathy to ignite empathy.
When the rate of
change eventually exceeds the ability to adapt you get 'dislocation'. 'Disruption' is what happens when someone
does something clever that makes you or your company look obsolete. 'Dislocation' is when the whole environment
is being altered so quickly that everyone starts to feel they can't keep up.
If you lived in the
twelfth century, your basic life was not all that different than if you lived
in the eleventh century.
This is a real
problem. When fast gets really fast,
being slower to adapt makes you really slow -- and disoriented.
Traditional climate
patterns that Greenland elders have known their whole lives have changed so
quickly in some places that the accumulated wisdom and intuitions of older
people are not as valuable as they once were.
Today, roughly 86
percent of Americans have air-conditioning in their homes and apartments. Only 7 percent do in Brazil and less than
that in India.
You can't just show
up. You need a plan to succeed.
The global cost of
diabetes is now $825 billion per year.
In a healthy
community people are not only looking out for each other, they are getting out
of Facebook and into each other's faces.
Healthy communities shame and mobilize against destructive and abusive
behaviors.
