Guest Post: The Trip That Made Me a Different Kind of Leader

In the summer of 2009, my wife and I sat at our kitchen table looking at two kids — ten

Bill Gallagher

May 31, 2026

Guest Post: The Trip That Made Me a Different Kind of Leader

Guest Post: Two Poems from Janet Shlaes

Image credit: Darius Bashar on Unsplash Surrender I’ve journeyed through many lives, roles, responsibilities, identities. Some eagerly embraced with joy

Janet Shlaes

May 30, 2026

Guest Post: Two Poems from Janet Shlaes

Guest Post: The End Game

At some point your expiration date will be a matter to consider. You slow down, your body is less compliant

Shulamit Sofia

May 24, 2026

Guest Post: The End Game

Guest Post: Busing and the American Experiment

“Best practices to educate children is always a hypothesis. In modern education, we consistently experiment on the youth.” Busing refers to

Daniel Landes

May 23, 2026

Guest Post: Busing and the American Experiment

Guest Post: A Time to Gather: How Ritual Created the World—and How It Can Save Us

Bruce Feiler is a zeitgeist surfer who has a world-class ability to see what topics deserve more attention in the

Bruce Feiler

May 22, 2026

Guest Post: A Time to Gather: How Ritual Created the World—and How It Can Save Us

Guest Post: What Men Get Wrong About Listening

Recently I was in a discussion with a group of guys and the subject of how we listen to others

Bob Cavnar

May 17, 2026

Guest Post: What Men Get Wrong About Listening

Guest Post: How Synthetic Storytelling Erodes Trust—and How You Can Rebuild It

I am witnessing a “productivity versus trust” tension trap playing out daily across boardrooms and bedrooms. Managing it effectively will

Lisa Nirell

May 16, 2026

Guest Post: How Synthetic Storytelling Erodes Trust—and How You Can Rebuild It

Guest Post: Your 60s Are Your Bonus Years. Do Sixty.

The future has arrived. Stop preparing for it and start living it. I’m writing this on my 67th birthday, and

Steve Yastrow

May 15, 2026

Guest Post: Your 60s Are Your Bonus Years. Do Sixty.

Guest Post: Opsicocious – Late Blooming Courage

One evening at “formal hall” at the University of Cambridge’s Homerton College, we witnessed the unexpected: a barn owl named

Rocky Blumhagen

May 14, 2026

Guest Post: Opsicocious – Late Blooming Courage

Guest Post: What to Do When Nothing’s Wrong (But It Doesn’t Feel Right)

There’s an old story I first heard from the mythologist Michael Meade, one that begins in a place many people

Scott Bryson

May 13, 2026

Guest Post: What to Do When Nothing’s Wrong (But It Doesn’t Feel Right)

Guest Post: Gratitude and Resilience: How to Stay Steady Through Life’s Tough Seasons

By midlife, most of us have learned something important: pushing harder doesn’t always help. We’ve powered through enough seasons to

Moshe Engelberg

May 12, 2026

Guest Post: Gratitude and Resilience: How to Stay Steady Through Life’s Tough Seasons

Guest Post: The Gifts We Don’t Plan For

My cohort at MEA chose to call themselves: The Coddiewomplers. Chip shared its definition in one of his recent posts

Hal Brody

May 11, 2026

Guest Post: The Gifts We Don’t Plan For