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Years ago I had the idea for this column. Many organizations aimed to make the world a better place, to motivate employees, to create purpose. At the bottom, however, these are spiritual questions, theological inquiries ill suited for the business mind. What is purpose? What motivates people, and why? What

Every month I host a gathering of my coworkers called Wine Chats, where we, you may have guessed, drink wine and chat. The topics are always different, always controversial, and always met with civility. I do this because we all need a model for how to have civil discourse among

Many Americans feel that the government should not be able to force its citizens to wear masks to flatten the curve. From what I understand, it’s a matter of individual liberty. Face freedom, if you will. Last week, in fact, the governor of Texas Greg Abbott banned such an

In a world where information costs less than bullets, you can be sure to find warfare waged in words rather than weapons. The soldiers in this war aren’t dressed up in military fatigues. They wear Nike sweatpants and slippers. They’re me and you. You can find a thousand

If you walked by a child drowning in a pond, would you save her? Of course you would. It would be inhuman not to. But what if that child were drowning in the town next to yours? What if she were in another country? Do you still feel the same

Quarantine has changed our habits, some for good. Many white-collar knowledge workers have been working from home, and many have welcomed that shift. Organizational leaders have too. Gartner’s latest CFO survey showed that 74% of companies plan to shift at least some of their workforce to work from home

We know very little about our daily lives. If you’re honest with yourself, you’ll see that most of the activities you do throughout the day are nearly automatic, built on assumptions about reality that you rarely investigate. Here’s what I mean. Think about your routine in terms

The hit Netflix show Tiger King is one of the craziest stories I’ve ever seen, but what struck me most was when Joe Exotic came face-to-face with bad theology, and how that ended up destroying his life. In one of the earliest episodes, Joe explains a moment he had

Several weeks ago, my economics professor challenged one of my strongly held beliefs, and it’s shown me only how deluded and narrow my own thinking has been. And, in turn, it’s shown me how deluded and narrow a lot of thinking has become. Writing this letter to you

In extraordinary times, extraordinary measures force a change in the rules of the game. I’m seeing the “three pillars” of society—the state, markets, and communities—work together to tackle the coronavirus, and it makes me wonder how much more they could tackle if they worked together more often.