Creators make “stuff;” critics, critique. This is a brief post about trying to do more cool stuff and less complaining about bygones.

Common ground is critical for communication. If there is no common ground, then there are two people talking (up/down) to one another, and that’s hardly a conversation.

Since the watchdog outed the $46,000 logo design of the state of TN, Facebook has been a tizzy. Every part-time designer on The Facebook has shared their opinion. Here is my rant on why Tennessee can’t cave like the ill-fated Gap rebranding of 2010.

Between The Power of Habit and Thinking, Fast and Slow, my approach to “communication” has changed dramatically. Communication is about being understood. Period. Communication is not about simply sending an email, making a quick phone call, or screaming…

True or False: Mattresses double in weight every 8 years because of dust mites, dead skin, and human waste? Answer: Yuck! Why am I answering this disgusting question? From now on, when I hear MattressFIRM, I…

I’m always looking for the next big challenge—the bigger, the better. You know, I’ve always been taught, “no job too big,” right? What if our biggest success comes from the ability to take the smallest…

It’s more than just a voice in your head. The resistance is lurking in every decision that we make, and every conversation, in every great innovation. Most commonly, the resistance says “that will never work,”…