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Who Put Brussel Sprouts in Every Shopping Basket?
What I want to know is this: Who engineered the comeback of brussel sprouts? Did I miss the tweets? Because the humble vegetable of my childhood, grey and waterlogged, has morphed into a supply side...
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Can Lassie be saved? When re-branding doesn’t work
I’m still reeling about Lassie. That the scion of a loyal, courageous, elegant line of war heroes (The Courage of Lassie) has been re-positioned as the “Kate Middleton of animals” is more than I can...
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Take a Moment to Be Quiet
It’s Sept. 11, which is now far enough in the past that many people don’t remember the horror of the day. But there’s much to be said for pausing to remember that anything can happen at any moment....
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Stuck in a Habit: Is Predictive Adaptation Possible?
Editor’s Note: I was thinking about this post in terms of a session on Predictive Adaptation I sat in on last month. Dr. Liz Alexander moderated. She is considering a book on the subject which boils...
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World Spins series spotlights thought leaders on the cusp of disruption
I wanted to let you know about a project I’m working on with the World Affairs Council. Its best described as a salon series showcasing some of the forces re-shaping the world we think we know —...
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The Outing of Climate Change: How About a Policy?
This week saw the follow-on meeting to the Paris Climate Accord. The news is not good; or, as the Washington Post put it, “We are in trouble.” But at least the facts are clear. Yesterday, the Global...
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Brexit in the Bardo
As I made my way to the Capital Factory, that go-go hive of entrepreneurial-ism in the center of Austin, to hear what the U.K. Dept. of International Trade had to say about Brexit, I thought about a...
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Do Tariffs Make Us More Competitive?
David Firestein dropped by last week’s “World Spins” session to reassure us that at about $1 trillion, give or take a few million, the U.S.-China trade relationship is too big to fail. But he had some...
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Communicating During a Crisis
In a crisis, nothing is more important — aside from saving lives — than clear, consistent communication. Our present crisis, the Covid-19 pandemic — offers some vivid lessons in Crisis Communications...
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Observations Made During a Search for Provisions, Day 7 of the Covid-19 Pandemic
Everyone is talking about how things will be. How will they be? I have no idea. What I do know is that people are afraid, which makes them very hungry. Some also feel the need to explain why they’re...
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If We Know So Much, Why Don’t We Do Something?
A young activist writer living in Austin, Texas, is inspired by a charismatic politician. He writes a successful novel, secures a good job close to the halls of power and passionately supports liberal...
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