Why America Needs More Immigrants
In this Wall Street Journal article, the author makes the case for why educated professionals who come from other countries (yes, these definitely would be boundary crossers) help keep our economy healthy. Photo by ElvertBarnes. Key points: Immigrants make up...
Notable and Quotable from an Engineer/Artist
Love this quote from Julio Ottino, Dean of the McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science at Northwestern University: "I believe that finding new things requires a prepared mind, and a prepared mind is being aware, consciously or not, of...
Great HBR article on when it comes to your network, bigger is not better. Instead, *bridging* is better. http://bit.ly/qYOBkK
Digital Breadcrumbs for Your Dreams
When I originally started this blog in 2008, new ways of spreading ideas were still in its infancy. Twitter was largely the domain of early adopters. While blogs had become mainstream, online video had not yet become a pervasive tool...
Four Weeks In: Laughing, Reading, and Writing
I'm starting the fourth and final week of my summer hiatus. I'm in the mood to laugh, and to read and write. It doesn't get more basic than that. This past weekend, I went to our local library and checked...
Creativity from a Puzzle Master
I ran across an interesting article on creativity, profiling Scott Kim, who makes a living as a "puzzle master" and contributes a puzzle column to Psychology Today. Photo by Scott Kim. I noted a few things from the article that...
Boundary Crosser, ScriptPhD.com
Another great example of a boundary crosser, from the worlds of science and art: ScriptPhD.com. One of the most interesting blogs I've seen in a long time, written by a fellow Northwestern alumna.
When It Rains, It Pours
Life gives us messages in many forms, sometimes in literal ways that we can't ignore. Last week, we had a sudden thunderstorm that left 2 feet of standing water in a shopping area where I was parked. My sons and...
The Need to Prove Something
A wise friend and coaching colleague of mine, upon reading my post about failure, made the observation, "When what drives us is the need to prove something, we suffer." So she asked me about my reasons for being an entrepreneur....
Worth Reading/Viewing: 3 L’s of Careers, Being Enough, and the Power of Words
The first is a commencement speech given by Robert Krulwich, the science reporter, to UC Berkeley Journalism School's graduating class of 2011. While Krulwich addresses the future of journalism, I think he's really speaking to the future of work. To...