Cause of death? Unknown: The hidden story of nonprofit mortality
Life in medieval and early modern Europe was, in philosopher Thomas Hobbes’s stark words, often “poor, nasty, brutish and short.” However, the moment of passing and time after were seldom “solitary.” Instead, death served as an important occasion for collective reflection
“I exist, therefore I worry”: Lessons from Apocalyptic Thinking
Doomsday predictions have been a persistent thread throughout human history. Whether the end of the world as we know it is envisioned as a divine intervention, a natural or man-made environmental disaster, or a catastrophic failure of an artificial intelligence system
How constraints can make you more creative
Life is full of contradictions, each one more paradoxical than the next. A child – or a visitor from outer space – would be perplexed to hear that humans learn more from failures than successes, or that we must experience
How to generate new and more creative ideas
Let’s talk ideas. What exactly are they? What impact do they have on our daily lives? And most crucially, is there a secret formula for generating them? The etymology of the word reveals that its current use has lost much of
Creativity: the 21st century leadership skill we actually need
Whether you’re a salaried employee or a gig worker, a member of the C-suite or an entry-level workhorse, the odds are pretty high that you’re currently drowning in a sea of reskilling and upskilling buzzwords, most ending with the letter