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Latest — Jul 15, 2025

Do People Truly Find Purpose in Their Work?

A few issues back, I wrote about work being a primary driver of purpose for people (Radical Abundance), and I received a comment from reader Mark Odegard of Measure Meant that really stuck with me. I've been thinking about it ever since. It made me realize that I

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How Organically Grown Company Grows Its Benefit Report

We couldn’t wait to peel back the skin on Organically Grown Company’s (OGC) delicious benefit report, which we wrote about recently (Radical Reporting). So, we had a fun back and forth with OGC’s Claire Champion, brand marketing and communications specialist, and Krista Kinder, VP of marketing and

The Rebellious Stripes Flag

As we will be celebrating our nation's 1776 birth this week, staining shirts with ketchup and mustard, flash-banging our poor dogs, and edging toward the nation's semiquincentennial (say that three times, fast) in 2026, I thought I'd feature something revolutionary with historical echoes that

Civil Resistance: It's a Percentages Game

Turns out, social change is a percentages game. And I’m not talking about 50.1% through the voting booth. Have you heard about the 3.5% rule? Until recently, neither had I, and the inner Malcolm Gladwell in me was fascinated; this small number represents a tipping point for

Radical Reporting

This week’s issue wraps up our three-part series on individuals, companies, and ideas with radical impact. You might not think of a benefit report (aka impact report) as a radical document, but in an age where DEI and ESG have been politically weaponized, that’s exactly what a public

Radical Abundance

This is the second in a three-part series focusing on the radical ideas that are surfacing among us: radical transparency, radical abundance, and radical reporting. Abundance is having a moment – from the current chart-topping bestseller by Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson (Abundance, which I haven’t yet read) to a

Radical Transparency

When I grew up – a long time ago, let’s just call it “the 60s” – the notion of radical, especially in an arch-conservative household – was anything but positive. Think “free love,” Students for a Democratic Society,” that kind of thing. Around the same time, surfers started hanging ten on the

Breathing Through the Fire: Community Wisdom on Mental Health

Yes, it’s still May, and May is Mental Health Month, which is just another way of saying it’s Mental Health Month all year round, really. Last week I wrote about mental health (My Mental Health) and invited readers to impart their experiences and tricks for keeping their noggins

My Mental Health

Since May is Mental Health Awareness Month, I thought I’d write something about it, and since the subject I know best is myself, at least in “concept,” I thought I’d be self-centered and start with me. I wake at 4 AM every weekday – perhaps a clue itself to

The Art of Gift Giving

By day my friend Gregg Mizuta is a commercial banker. And beyond, well beyond, he is a documenter (photographer with a fantastic eye) and supporter of the arts. He has a quietly big heart, too. Turns out he also has a real knack for gift giving. I know, because I