Awards can be an incredibly useful way to get exposure, but there are pitfalls to consider. Like anything in life, it isn’t so straightforward, there can be significant downsides, but I’ve seen a lot of founders gain a great deal from awards. There are some bad awards. Some of them…

Over the last few years the trend of digital nomads has been a hot topic for urban planners — but there’s a new trend with much bigger potential to scale. There are a couple of things I’ve always felt uncomfortable about with the digital nomad movement — it isn’t all…

Your most important job is to make sure you don’t have a job, and that’s the best measure of success any person can have. I was recently having lunch with a social entrepreneur working at the task of reducing food waste along the process from farm to food bins. She…

It feels like our culture celebrates good ideas more than great execution, but that’s the fixed mindset again. This genius is attached to our image of what an entrepreneur is, the one with the big ideas, the lightbulb moments of inspiration that come to enlightened individuals with a gift. But…

There seem to be two people in this world right now: people who think there are too many opportunities and people who think there are no opportunities. Photo by Victor on Unsplash I’ve been in so many meetings where people have talked about the struggle to find good people. I’ve…

Every year I try to give up something quite challenging for lent. It isn’t for religious reasons, but to try to challenge habits. Our routines are often cited as being important to our ability to be creative and innovative in many lifehacking blogs, but I’m not convinced. There is logic…

It’s an old cliché, and it’s deeply embedded into our societal inequality, but it doesn’t have to be that way. Our networks are a fuel that directly correlate with the opportunities that come our way, and knowing the right person to turn to at the right time can be the…

Why does it matter? Can we build a soul? Whenever I walk around new cities for the first time I’m always taken in by the mystery of the buildings I pass by. There are unlimited stories in the lives of the thousands who have lived behind those doors, created works…

It’s very important to us to appear to be consistent and reasonable folks, but this is your brain tricking you again. There are a couple of important elements of being a consistent person: being reliable, responsible, and predictable. These are qualities that mark our character, which is an important part…