Forbes | This CEO Really Does Swim With Sharks
With Warren Buffett at Fortune's Most Powerful Women Summit (Courtesy Sue Chen) Sue Chen is the CEO of NOVA Medical Products, a design and manufacturing firm producing stylish health and mobility [...]
Forbes | The Other Half Of ‘Shondaland’ You Never Knew Existed
Betsy Beers arrives at ELLE's 6th annual Women in Television celebration at the Sunset Tower Hotel on Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2016, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP) Shonda Rhimes [...]
Christine Vick–A Life Lived Simply and Well
Recently, a woman in her mid-twenties shared with me, “After being diagnosed with cancer, I’m trying to figure out how to disrupt myself!” Wait. Hold on. Having cancer is disrupting [...]
A Delightful Afternoon With My Daughter
I’m a workaholic. I used to deny it. But I am. I intend to carve out big chunks of time with my son and daughter. But then I don't. Though [...]
How Your Brain Processes Disruption: Interview with Dr. Tara Swart
I recently spoke with Dr. Tara Swart –"the only leadership coach with a PhD in neuroscience"–about the essential things we should know about how our brain processes and retains new skills [...]
Are You Prevention or Promotion-Focused?
Dreaming is at the heart of disruption and because I believe this to be true, I was confident that I was promotion, rather than prevention focused. Except that after finishing [...]
#DisruptYourself Interview With Jessica Jackley, Co-Founder of Kiva
Chatting with Jessica Jackley, co-founder of Kiva, social entrepreneur at large, and mom of three rowdy, tiny boys, for this interview really helped me gain insight into how she's disrupting herself. [...]
It’s Time To Reality Check Your Resolutions
With the beginning of March comes the time to reality check our resolutions. At the beginning of every new year, our thoughts turn to making resolutions: this year I will lose [...]
Colleges Understand Diversity is Fundamental to Innovation. Why Aren’t Companies Taking Note?
Harvard University is involved in a dispute with Asian-American advocacy groups concerning undergraduate admission. The dispute stems from the fact that the average GPA, class rank and SAT scores for [...]
The Hundred-Foot Journey
During the holidays, we watched The Hundred-Foot Journey, in which the Kadam family has taken asylum in Europe due to election disputes in Mumbai, India. After an initial stay in [...]