The logic of survival
On the street and in the executive office
Cento
Essays, interviews. Cultural curiosity, emotional complexity, community, contemporary spirituality. A belief that openness takes effort. Sometimes I make jokes.
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The politics we pretend not to see
Universities, fundraising, and the gap between governance and how decisions actually move
Misalignment
Reading Sarah Wynn-Williams' memoir about Facebook, and thinking about how systems evolve for better or worse
Clipboards
Las Vegas and Tucson
It is with mixed emotions that I am announcing
What I'm noticing since using LLMs
Why corporate and nonprofit professionals reason so differently
And some questions that can bring greater partnership to the system
Anatomy of energy
And the cultural narratives that colonize it
On universityness
What we've lost when we talk about college
Film School
On craft, understanding, and controlled feeling
The Seam
Notes on empathy and vigilance
I am not dying to write about this
On spiritual intelligence
Reclaiming a sacred practice
On moral and spiritual language, and where it's gone
The High of Knowing
Discovery, distortion, and everything in-between
Panther Hat Girl
Notes from in-between two worlds
Cracker Barrel Confidential
Pit stops, pickers, and gems that others overlook
The Interview: Joy Hoover
Building nuance in a world of bias
What do you say in four minutes?
How great questions connect, reveal, and transform us
The curse of knowing what to say
Welcome to Paradise
Our Lady of Vulcan
Suspicious of tidy belief systems but still yearning for something real.
The cost of learning to hold space
When you don’t flinch, fix, or flee, you offer what most people never receive.