A Dose of Inspiration and Provocation
What the World Needs Now
Hey there! My wife Christine and I took last week off to play with our kids because it was their Spring Break. Oh my goodness - that was really fun and really tiring!!...
It’s never enough. But sometimes you get a high five. 🙌
I have this persistent nagging sense that I'm not doing enough to make the world a better place. Is it just me? Or do you feel that way too, sometimes? I feel that way a lot. I go into a spiral worried about of all the things that are happening with global warming and...
I don’t want to hear “I’m sorry.”
A couple years ago my wife, Christine and I went on a weekend getaway double-date with our good friends, Bob & Jane. I was so excited to see everyone and probably ate too much sugar that afternoon and Friday night I basically talked my face off to the three of...
Four biggest mistakes made by leaders of large-scale change 😬
One of my favorite things to do is speak with alumni of our Skid Row School a few months after they’ve graduated. The phone calls often go something like this: Exchange of pleasantries. So, Becky...the Skid Row School was great and all but...we’re kind...
What’s 🆕 and 🆒 @ the Billions Institute in 2019
I hope that your year is off to a terrific start. I had a terrible cold starting Christmas Eve but you know what? It was kind of wonderful to lay low and get a lot of rest. In between the sniffles and the coughs, I enjoyed copious amounts of laid back quality time...
We’ve got less than 20 years to get our sh%t together
Friends, The science is in. In case you missed it, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change issued a report warning that we’ve got less than 20 years to get our sh%t together or we’re in serious trouble. It’s happening much more quickly than had been anticipated....
Do you want to be on the right side of history or do you want to make history?
Friends, Our fellows met in Los Angeles last week to do some advanced explorations around integrity, justice, and self-care as leaders of large-scale change. Many of you know that we do an introductory investigation of the "hero" at the Skid Row School. The hero...
What I’ve Been Up to Lately
 Friends, I hope all of you are safe and sound in the aftermath of Hurricane Florence. This month I have been deeply immersed in our work to support two clients who are advancing racial equity in the US education system: The Raikes Foundation’s Building Equitable...
Five Tactics for Disrupting Systems
Friends, I’ve been thinking a lot lately about this notion that there might be two primary ways to go about accomplishing spread/scale in the social sector: broad and deep. When I think about broad I think about getting an intervention to everyone who might benefit as...
It’s OK To Take A Nap
Friends, I just got up from a nap. And I had a bunch of other things to tell you about, but I realized what I most want to tell you today is the subject of today's email: it's OK to take a nap. It really is. I know the world is falling apart. I...
