Latest posts from dakleeman
I find most conversations around around work-from-home to be exhausting. Which is weird because it seems like such a simple, straightforward equation: Every company has the right to demand their employees show up to work at an office (fair enough), just as every employee has the right to shut down from work once they leave said office. If the argument is that the very nature of our work demands us…
The first conference I attended early on in my career was held in Portland, Oregon, and it featured a handful of brilliant speakers from different design studios and ad agencies across North America. These were accomplished and impressive people. I heard fascinating presentations, thought-provoking ideas, and endless amounts of indiscriminate swearing. It was riveting stuff. But there was one…
Back in 2024, Venice started charging daytrippers a fee to enter the city. It was instituted as an attempt to curb overcrowding. Some estimates suggested the amount of tourists on a given day nearly matched the city’s resident population. Public spaces were packed. Infrastructure was overwhelmed. Residents grew bitterly frustrated. Venice simply got too popular. The city nearly lost its UNESCO…
Matthew Dicks talks about practicing what he calls “incuriosity”. It’s the idea that we ought to be intentionally, and at times aggressively, disinterested in things that don’t really matter to us. Dicks says there’s nothing wrong with curiosity, especially when its channeled toward things that are meaningful and important, but that too many people today get consumed by too many things that are…
Authenticity is often portrayed as some innate, effortless thing. Either something you have, or something you don’t. We assume it’s instinctive, ingrained, intrinsic to who we are. It’s not. Authenticity isn’t some elusive, mystical thing. It is (much like charisma or empathy or curiosity) something that can be cultivated once you understand what it actually is. And, really, what is “authenticity”…