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So, I was intrigued by this new NYT article, Mexico is Becoming a Beacon, and wanted to share it with you. Here’s the opening paragraph as well as another excerpt:We know one type of migration well. It’s millions of people from poorer countries traveling mostly to wealthy countries — where they receive, increasingly, a hostile ...
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It’s the poetry that happens when you start to wake up and see the world as it could be.Of course, the challenge with any transformative experience is that eventually you
November 6, 2019
having a Modern Elder by his side, with expertise in the industry that Airbnb was disrupting, widened his aperture with respect to understanding their business opportunity.How can you widen the
November 5, 2019
Of course, in today’s era of Airbnb and Uber scaling globally virtually overnight, this tenet may feel quaint and old-school, but I still think it’s valuable.Stewart invited me to give
November 4, 2019
While my memories of that day are opaque, I can still see in my mind’s eye the dream-like image that was swirling around my brain when I awoke in the
November 3, 2019
For decades, our respective generations have operated like isolated countries with different dialects on the same continent. We share a border, but don’t necessarily trust each other enough to share
November 2, 2019
During my time at Airbnb, when I unwittingly was as much an intern as a mentor, I came face-to-face with the word “liminality,” which describes the ambiguity and disorientation one
November 1, 2019
It’s not its laser-sharp night vision or the fact that it can do the Linda Blair 360-degree swivel of its head, or even that it cocks its noggin in a
October 31, 2019
The five researchers studied 10,000 managers and found that management style varied more with age than any other characteristic, such as organizational position or gender. In other words, diversity is
October 30, 2019
Many brilliant young founders could use a Modern Elder or two to help mentor their young leaders and guide their rocket ships. Somehow we expect these unseasoned entrepreneurs to miraculously
October 29, 2019
Context is everything. The rule of thumb for social media videos is to keep them less than 2 minutes. And, yet, there’s a plethora of podcasters aping my friend Tim
October 28, 2019
…that the “Game of Life” was a one-tank journey—we fuel up with one tank of gas in our “learn” period and burn most of our old school fuel in the
October 27, 2019
…pitching until his last Major League game just two weeks before his 59th birthday.Turning 59 myself (next week) and marveling at all the young talent in the World Series, this
October 26, 2019
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