Do the shirts matter?

Last night I had a very interesting conversation with Razan Masri, she is behind the shirt sensation Camiceria Design in Dubai! The idea is to give men a shirt with personality beyond a piece of driftwood. But do men really want to dress with personality? And does dressing in shirts that accent a man’s personality [...]

Food for Thought.

TEDxDubai and TED.COM in general have provoked me to spend a lot of time thinking about how we communicate about the issues around us that we need to deal with now! The short and simple answer is we do not communicate well about the micro issues that can/will and do impact upon our very lives. [...]

The New Face of Journalism I Imagine.

I believe journalism is in a crisis situation, the crisis of being irrelevant. I believe that journalism is on the brink of becoming irrelevant as a field of study NOT because students are abandoning the field of study, but because the professors and practitioners of the trade are unable to grasp, see, live, adapt to [...]

Tell A Story You Believe!

I spend a good portion of my week walking students through the art of storytelling. Today my storytelling lessons are increasingly in the guise of public speaking, something that +/- 90% of those who do it do poorly. What makes a good story/presentation? 10% content and 90% show! I It is the show that near [...]

Where does Design begin and end?

Ideas, thinking and design are no longer singular or able to be compartmentalized.

Leadership Example and the UAE Philharmonic

A conversation with Mr. Maier the conducter of the UAE Philharmonic Orchestra. We spend a lot of time looking for cues and clues as to what leadership is and how we can develop it. Professor Lynda Moore explained on Nightlinedxb the conundrum. What if whe it comes to understanding leadership, group dynamics, creativity, design and [...]

Freecycle.org Simply a Great Idea!

A conversation with Deron Beal of Freecycle.org. Don’t you just love how we all sit around and yammer about what we should do or what we could do? And what do we do? 8 out of 10 times we do NOTHING! But what if you simple idea becomes infectious? What if your simple idea could [...]