By Rahul Chandran and Shannon Mullen O’Keefe The headlines are alarming: war, pandemics, climate-change, and recession. We need to feed billions and preserve biodiversity; become carbon-neutral and enable a just transition. Of course, the constant is change. It just seems to be getting faster, and harder to keep up. Our…

Shannon Mullen O’Keefe talks spirituality in the Metaverse with author J.F. Alexander — Shannon Mullen O’Keefe is Chief Curator of the Museum of Ideas and a commentator on leadership and current trends in technology and business. Jim F. Alexander is a Silicon Valley-based lawyer, a lay Episcopal theologian, and author of the spiritual adventure novel I Am Sophia. Shannon Mullen O’Keefe (SMO): Jim…

Our opportunity to acknowledge what’s been obvious for a long time: we’re all above average– (just not at the same thing) By Cyndi Coon & Shannon Mullen O’Keefe “This is the time,” The Chief Elder began, looking directly at them, “when we acknowledge your differences……….Today we honor your differences.”¹ …

A brief exploration of our opportunity to invest in place — By Shannon Mullen O’Keefe These days most of us embrace our devices. We cradle them in our hands. We carry them in our bags. We gaze into their blue lights lovingly. As one artist points out, we are “absorbed by [their] light.” Movies even predict we’ll fall in love with…

Exploring our opportunity to rethink what we make and buy — By Greg Sherwin and Shannon Mullen O’Keefe Remember how we have two hands? This seems like a pretty basic question until you realize that something so obvious might become the basis for an ad campaign. An ad campaign for what? A right hand ring, of course. If the left hand…

Are we human beings or human doings? A reassessment of our values as they relate to life and work. — By Zoë Lintzeris and Shannon Mullen O’Keefe What if we’re the last generation valued for our skill sets and personalities as they relate to career ladders, money, and time for hire? There may be other ways — new and better ways — to regard our lives and the lives of…

An animal offers us beauty in the quiet art of their presence — “What does the fox say?” Remember that song? “Dog goes ‘woof’… bird goes ‘tweet’. . .fish go ‘blub’ … and the seal goes ‘ow ow ow.’ But, there’s one sound that no one knows. . . ‘What does the fox say?’” The song is funny because we don’t know what…