Setting Ourselves Up for Failure

A lot of what we do in the work world (and at home for that matter) is attempt to get people to say "yes" to us. We need agreement or approval from other people before we can do what we want or need to do. That is simply a fact of life in any system, and it...

Transparency, Clarity, and Trust (and Truth)

John Maeda and Becky Bermont (from the Rhode Island School of Design) wrote a nice blog post about transparency and clarity.I've written about transparency before, suggesting, as some others have, that radical transparency would have value. I have implied on more...
Jamie Notter