Coming clean on what I really think about “corporate climate action” — We were driving — my boss, J and I — on a wide swath of highway towards a client site just outside Atlanta, Georgia. It was 2012, early days for us. I had been freelancing for the firm where he was a senior leader. I then got hired on as…

Because I guess I’m modern*, western** and civilized*** — We interrupt our regular program to create a lot of dots! A friend said something the other day that made my chest expand with resonance: The more I try to control things, the worse I feel. Yeppers. Okay, so don’t control. Surrender. Sure. Got it. Or at least, this sounds familiar and I’m working on it. But then what? Take action…

It’s 4.7 — Modern humans: literate on stuff, semi-literate on life Back when we modern humans* were cosmically young and immature, toddling into the early stages of perceiving a world beyond industrial captivity, we mostly thought in integers. Whole, simple, easy-to-remember numbers gained ground as attractive “answers”. And so the answer to Life, the Universe and Everything being pronounced as 42…

You see the madness, you’re not buying the endless growth narrative, and you want to help. Now what? — This is no time for recycling and double-sided printing If you read another sustainability report touting 25% emissions reductions by 2025 when you know what is needed was more than 100%, decades ago, along with a complete rethink of business’ relationship with the rest of the natural world that isn’t hyper-focused on carbon and is hyper-focused on supporting life…

A week where the back said “Hey!” and many others did too — Welcome to the latest weekly Medium Short, an accountability practice to keep me semi-tethered along the unmarked trail of industrial healing. I make all of my articles available for free with this unglamorous searchable table of contents. My back staged a mini-revolt this week and my brain threw up some…

How a reality-based approach highlights the difference — Business is masterful at messaging. Public affairs crews create simple, repeatable, easily understood soundbites. This is often a good thing. Life is complicated — we need help with complexity! But it is a problem when it means elements of complexity are cherry-picked — motivated by profit — to influence behaviours…

Digesting, sharing, evolving, and earning the right to spin yarn — Welcome to the latest weekly Medium Short, an accountability practice to keep me semi-tethered along the unmarked trail of industrial healing. I make all of my articles (including those mentioned below) available for free with this unglamorous searchable table of contents. Oh. Friday! Time to take stock, see what got…

But I’m going to do it anyway — I don’t know how to change the global industrial complex so that it works in service of life. It seems an unfathomably daunting task to tee up for a given Tuesday afternoon. But I’m going to do it anyway. Otherwise, any corner I might paint myself into leads to…

Where a 7-day sprint earns me the right to keep going — Welcome to the latest weekly Medium Short, an accountability practice to keep me semi-tethered along the unmarked trail of industrial healing. I make all of my articles (including those mentioned below) available for free with this unglamorous searchable table of contents. Well. Golly. Where to start on the week that…