Skills for the (Near and Far) Future

Skills for the (Near and Far) Future

While the air in the room is mostly being eaten-up by comments, declarations, and discussion of AI, this is merely the latest in a long line of machine and digital automation (and, therefore, transformation) of work (and play!). For so long, people with their eyes...
Interview with Ephi Banaynal dela Cruz

Interview with Ephi Banaynal dela Cruz

Nathan/ You have been focused on ecological and social impact for most of your career, leading companies at a strategic level. What have you learned about communicating these concerns at that level? Ephi/ Ecological and social impacts must be considered at the...
Interview with Minnie Bredouw

Interview with Minnie Bredouw

Nathan/ Your work is so much greater than just impact but your experience and journey have so clarified and informed impact for me, I’d like to ask you what counts as impact? Minnie/ There are so many ways to define and measure impact, from the social context to so...
Lectures on YouTube

Lectures on YouTube

I’ve started recording more succinct version of the lectures from my teaching at CCA. These cover a variety of subjects, including Design Thinking, Color, Type, Information Design, and in the future will include all of my presentations, including videos...
Should Corporations Go To Jail?

Should Corporations Go To Jail?

Whenever the subject of whether or not corporations are people comes-up in conversation, the most likely answer is “No! Are you kidding?” The conversation inevitably winds around to why corporations have rights that US citizens do not (they do, by the way) and if...
It’s Not Silicon Valley Anymore

It’s Not Silicon Valley Anymore

One of the things I’m most thankful to my parents for* is growing-up in Silicon Valley. To me, that means “a place where starting your own business wasn’t mythology, it was what the neighbors did.” When I started my first company with friends, back in 1989, in my last...