All great transformations start from within. One of the most incredible is the caterpillar’s metamorphosis into a butterfly. Anyone who feels that a life change is impossible to make need only look to the chrysalis to see that nothing is impossible with vision, internal transformation, persistence and collective action. Within the chrysalis, the caterpillar first […]

In broadest terms, greatness is a vague concept that is almost completely dependent on a person’s perspective and biases. Without an understanding of what greatness looks like for each of us, we can be assured never to reach it, much less catalyze someone else’s. I know that when I’m in my greatness I “ring true.” […]

In 1826, as soldiers marched across a bridge that spanned the River Irwell in England, the bridge began vibrating in time with their steps, ever more violently, until the bridge collapsed. From that point on, British soldiers were ordered to break step when marching across a bridge. What happened was a physics phenomenon called resonance. […]

It is an accepted myth that when people grow older, they fall apart and don’t do anything. I don’t think that is altogether true.  I think it is absolutely up to the individual. I mean, if you feel over the hill, you are over the hill. Each of us must do whatever we have a passion […]

City officials in Vienna, Austria, have been taking a novel approach to urban planning for nearly two decades: asking people how they use the city, and then redesigning public spaces and housing based on actual needs. The impetus for this is an official policy approach called “gender mainstreaming,” which the city uses to take gender […]