Early this month, I spent time at this year’s Social Innovation Summit in my hometown, Chicago. On the eve of the event, there was a reception at Carnivale — a restaurant so named because it treats every meal like a celebration. Right when you walk into the bar, they have a sign — lit up …
I didn’t read it in a book. I didn’t hear it on the radio. I’ve never seen it on a tv show. I lived it. I’m qualified. This was the stirring opening of a story of two parallel lives: one where the main character was predicted to fail and one where his success would know …
Lately, I’ve been waking up in the oddest position – with my legs bent as if in “figure four” (or tree pose, if you yoga) – kind of like a flamingo lying down on her back. I’m not sure why or when it started, but my mom tells me I slept this way as a …
We’re halfway there. Two and a half years into our five-year strategic plan. I’m a big believer in the importance of milestones, a reminder of how far you’ve gone, and motivation to help you get to where you’re going. For us, that’s all the way to an economy that works. For everyone. With the release …
It’s not the thump of the bass, but the roar of the crowd that makes my heart sing. Recently I saw Bruce Springsteen perform in the ivied walls of Wrigley Field, in my hometown of Chicago. By some wicked good fortune, I was seated (well, standing) near the stage – right in front of the …
Nerd alert. I’m a big player of the New York Times Spelling Bee. I’d best describe this word game as what would happen if Words with Friends and Wordle had a fly, fabulous baby. Spelling Bee gives you seven letters and your job is to find as many words as possible among them – short …
Much to my mother’s chagrin, I fancy myself to be a bit of a “cafeteria Catholic” – meaning as I walk down the long cafeteria line of my given religion, I put on my tray the stuff I can believe in and leave the rest on the line. As a result, church has for me …
As with most things that are good, whole, and the way nature intended, my month began and will soon end with Beyoncé front and center. I had the great fortune to attend the GRAMMY Awards this year and see her take the stage as she received her 32nd golden gramophone – making her the GOAT …
“Home is where the future is.” That was the mic drop response shared by Noubar Afeyan (the inventor and entrepreneur who co-founded Moderna) during a fireside chat at the Clinton Global Initiative conference earlier this year. He was responding to a question about the lived experience of refugees and asylees, and about how fleeing one …
In each friend group, there’s that one person who steps up as the sun — the one whose energy brings the rest of the crew together, the one whose spidey sense is uncanny in its reach, the one who is confident all major disputes can be settled by a dance-off. The one with whom we …