Podcasts by CONNECT THE DOTS
Technology strategist, leader, entrepreneur, and speaker offering observations and commentary on current events, global issues, leadership, and technology.
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Connect The Dots - Technology Lock - In (Give Me A Few Minutes) from 2017-05-07T18:00
To understand how we get out of our collective world mess, we need to understand what technology lock-in is and how it relates to market power and establishment forces. Give me a few minutes.
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Connect The Dots - Living In The Twilight Zone (Give Me A Few Minutes) from 2017-05-07T17:59:12
Ever feel like you're living an episode (or season) of the Twilight Zone? This is how I've felt for months - not just the last few, but before the election, too. How have we come to this? And how d...
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Connect The Dots - The Left Is Losing Its Touch (Give Me A Few Minutes) from 2017-05-07T17:57:59
The Left is losing its touch. For an ideology that is focused on tolerance and open-mindedness, the Left's Resistance movement seems to be so focused on reacting to Trump and the GOP, that it's for...
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Connect The Dots - The Linguistics Gap that Explains Trump (Give Me A Few Minutes) from 2017-02-12T18:17:03
When conservatives speak, they hear a different message than what liberals hear. When liberals speak, they hear a different message than what conservatives hear. Did Donald Trump call Mexicans murd...
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Connect The Dots - Predictions For 2018 And 2020 (Give Me A Few Minutes) from 2017-02-12T17:01:14
Will the liberal backlash be strong enough to take back full control of Congress in 2018 or 2020? Will the Right destroy its own chances to have majority control of the government for a generation?...
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Connect The Dots - Conservatives & Liberals Are Flipping The Script (Give Me A Few Minutes) from 2017-02-12T16:59:12
Generally speaking, conservatives tend to prioritize the Constitution and Religion over human rights, equality, and justice. While Liberals tend to prioritize human rights, equality, and justice ov...
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Connect The Dots - How Panicking & Bickering Destroys Our Democracy (Give Me A Few Minutes) from 2017-01-10T03:37:01
The amount of discord between the Left and the Right with the election of Donald Trump. Progressives can achieve far more by moving beyond panicking. Everyone can achieve far more by moving beyond ...
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Connect The Dots - How Progressives Can Find The Positive (Give Me A Few Minutes) from 2017-01-10T03:36:45
Progressives have seen nothing but negativity in the election of Donald Trump. He's not a progressive, but there are some very likely positives that will come from Trump's election for the progress...
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Connect The Dots - Good Leadership Is Hard To Find (Give Me A Few Minutes) from 2017-01-10T03:36:27
If management is a science, then leadership is most certainly the art... but like the martial arts, leadership can be learned, practiced, and improved. Yet, we don't do enough in business, governme...
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Connect The Dots - Amazon And Consolidation Of Market Power (Give Me A Few Minutes) from 2017-01-10T03:36:22
There's no doubt that free market principles deliver incredibly value to the consumer and to the ownership of the prevailing businesses. However, the consolidation of market power produces troublin...
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Connect The Dots - Tips On How To Talk Politics (Give Me A Few Minutes) from 2016-11-15T04:46:56
In a previous episode, I talk about the need to talk about politics differently. What are some ways to make that real and act on that concept? Give me a few minutes
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Connect The Dots - The New Way To Talk Politics (Give Me A Few Minutes) from 2016-11-15T04:44:21
Have you noticed the trend in the way we talk about politics these days? Have you noticed how every conversation seems to take an our-team-vs-their team approach? We have to change this. Here's why...
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Connect The Dots - The Gap Between Leaders And Communities (Give Me A Few Minutes) from 2016-11-15T04:40:24
Why did Donald Trump beat Hillary Clinton? It may have less to do with either candidate than the pundits would like you to believe. In fact, it may have more to do with a growing gap between leader...
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Connect The Dots - Our Democracy Is An Illusion (Give Me A Few Minutes) from 2016-10-17T12:12:58
We live in a country where 1 in 5 children go to bed hungry every night and 200,000 veterans are homeless. Our presidential debates should be smart, fun, funny, collaborative, introspective -- and ...
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Connect The Dots - Left Right Mindset (Give Me A Few Minutes) from 2016-10-17T12:04:55
The left-right mindset defines a lot of our conversations today. The echo chambers and bubbles of each side operate in the left-center and the right-center, but the further left/right you get in yo...
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Connect The Dots - Why Law Enforcement Should Always B Transparent (Give Me A Few Minutes) from 2016-09-23T17:42:57
Transparency is important for building trust. Without transparency, we can't have accountability. Without accountability, trust falls, engagement decreases, injustices prevail, and the oligarchy ar...
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Connect The Dots - Evolving Beyond Open Government (Give Me A Few Minutes) from 2016-09-23T17:22:50
The Sunlight Foundation is going through an identity crisis. It's done great work for open government, but its theory of change must evolve to go beyond radical transparency and include radical eng...
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Connect The Dots - Terror Or Terrorism (Give Me A Few Minutes) from 2016-09-19T15:52:06
A disturbing scenario played out this past weekend with simultaneous terrorist attacks in New Jersey and in New York. Both political parties started reacting in a very political manner. Did you cat...
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Connect The Dots - A New Era Of Distrust (Give Me A Few Minutes) from 2016-09-01T12:14:42
Are we entering a pseudo 'cold civil war' or is this new era of distrust between ordinary citizens just a passing phase? As the two major presidential candidates ramp up their attacks on each other...
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Connect The Dots - Your Life Is Being Produced (Give Me A Few Minutes) from 2016-08-28T15:51:10
Editors, producers, ad creatives, and a number of other "content creators" for mass media consumption shape your world. Someone makes Bieber and Kardashian more important in your newsfeed than the ...
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Connect The Dots - Organizing Without Organizations (Give Me A Few Minutes) from 2016-08-28T15:37:51
We've changed from a "top-down" society to a "networked society", but our organizations haven't. In too many places, we're still operating with a top-down leadership style - government, political p...
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Connect The Dots - Tech We Need For The World We Need (Give Me A Few Minutes) from 2016-08-07T00:11:12
Today's technology does not help us come together to build the world we want and need. And that's okay - that's not what it was designed for. That's why we're building Powerline. For people's power...
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Connect The Dots - The Power Of Open Spaces (Give Me A Few Minutes) from 2016-08-07T00:08:54
Whether it's in the workplace, in a non-profit, or in your town, people need space to come together, discuss their common challenges and different perspectives, and innovate. Digital and physical, ...
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Connect The Dots - Meaningful Space (Give Me A Few Minutes) from 2016-07-21T13:29:33
The US style of top-down leadership needs to shift thanks to our now-emerged networked society. So, how can leaders take the first step to be more effective in this new era? Leaders need to provide...
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Connect The Dots - Fear & Loathing In the U.S.A (Give Me A Few Minutes) from 2016-07-20T13:43:25
There's a tremendous amount of instability in the system. Instability that will not be solved by either Clinton or Trump in the next couple of years. We have to stop the "us vs. them" approach to p...
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Connect The Dots - The Problem Of Picking Sides (Give Me A Few Minutes) from 2016-07-11T17:41:50
Why are we stuck in gridlock in Congress and in our national body politic? Simply because tend to pick sides before we seek to understand our common problems and the multitude of perspectives that ...
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Connect The Dots - Growing Instability (Give Me A Few Minutes) from 2016-07-11T15:26:12
We are facing an extraordinary amount of uncertainty and instability right now. Regardless of who we elect in November here in the US, we should expect things to get worse before they get better. W...
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Connect The Dots - Brexit (Give Me A Few Minutes) from 2016-07-11T15:16:36
What can Brexit tell us about how we can be better leaders? The disconnect between leaders and citizens has shocked a global economy, but could we see a dramatic event like this unfold in the Unite...
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Connect The Dots - Systems And Spider Webs (Give Me A Few Minutes) from 2016-06-21T18:59:04
Our world is very complex - it's made of systems upon systems. But how can we think about multiple perspectives in parallel? How can we visualize systems? The key is to think of the relationships b...
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Connect The Dots - Connecting Innovation With Inequality And The Future (Give Me A Few Minutes) from 2016-06-20T15:48
Are we building the future we want and need for ourselves and our kids? Or are we creating more problems with every "solution" that we deliver? Let's reflect on the connection between Innovation an...
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Connect The Dots - Systemic Problems Aren't Simple (Give Me A Few Minutes) from 2016-06-13T14:26:06
Every time there's a tragedy, we over-simplify the problem and, thus, we over-simplify the solution. Are you one of the people that prioritizes "your solution" above "solving the problem itself?" A...
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Connect The Dots - Thinking Differently About Solidarity (Give Me A Few Minutes) from 2016-06-13T14:08:06
Action needs to be taken for the system to change. A system in stasis will not naturally change without an outside force. How do we practice solidarity across traditional thematic issues to help ch...
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Connect The Dots - Strategy, Not Plan (Give Me A Few Minutes) from 2016-06-10T17:10:57
Do you know there's a clear difference between the words 'strategy' and 'plan'? Do you know what that difference is or how to apply it in your everyday life? The nuance between 'outcomes' and 'dest...
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Connect The Dots - Three Competing Battles (Give Me A Few Minutes) from 2016-06-10T13:42:47
Right now, there are three competing battles happening in our collective politics. You've known about one for a long time - that's the Left vs the Right. But did you know we have a growing Establis...
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Connect The Dots - Values & Mindsets (Give Me a Few Minutes) from 2016-06-08T00:19:48
Do you know what values really are and how they impact your leadership practices? How about mindsets? Do you understand how mindsets impact the way we process information? How do these two concepts...
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Connect The Dots - Understanding Change (Give Me A Few Minutes) from 2016-06-08T00:16:05
There are two types of change continuous (incremental) and discontinuous (transformation/disruptive). What is the difference between these two types of change? How can leadership be responsive to c...
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Connect The Dots - Ladder Of Engagement (Give Me A Few Minutes) from 2016-06-08T00:09:33
Where do you find yourself on the ladder of engagement? Apathetic? Us vs Them? Issue-oriented? Systemic? Some people move up the ladder. Some people never change. Many don't understand where they t...
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Connect the Dots - Linguistics, Leadership, & Donald Trump (Give Me A Few Minutes) from 2016-05-26T15:14:51
When is an apple not a fruit? When it's an iPhone. Sensitivity to word choice is one of the strangest phenomena in our linguistics. Why is this so important? How does Donald Trump create so many su...
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Connect The Dots - Changing Hearts & Minds (Give Me A Few Minutes) from 2016-05-24T18:02:32
The key to changing hearts and minds is not to be abrasive and try to debate or "one-down" the person you are trying to influence. The key to changing hearts and minds is to "join them in the hole ...
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Connect the Dots - Technology, Distractions, & Movements (Full Episode) Ep. 3 from 2016-05-24T18:01
We all love technology, but how is it impacting our democracy and our movements? How is distracting us from the real problems that exist in the real world? Are we entrapping an entire generation fr...
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Connect The Dots - Leaders Living In A Bubble (Give Me A Few Minutes) from 2016-05-22T17:17:06
Too many leaders are living in a bubble. They're totally disconnected from the grassroots and totally enveloped in a mindset that only allows them to see the world a certain way. It's happening acr...
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Connect The Dots - Inferred Conspiracy (Give Me A Few Minutes) from 2016-05-22T17:13:56
There's a difference between implying conspiracy and inferring conspiracy. When we infer conspiracy, we subconsciously reject the speaker's point and even potentially distrust the person based on t...
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Connect the Dots - Avoiding Snap Judgement and Practicing Snap Analysis (Give Me A Few Minutes) from 2016-05-20T02:56:50
The world is pretty complex, and so are the problems that it has. So why do so many people make snap judgments and stay there without thinking through issues further? What does this look like in pr...
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Connect the Dots - The Guaranteed Basic Income (Give Me A Few Minutes) from 2016-05-20T02:27:31
As automation continues to decrease the number of jobs, a simple question comes to light: How do we organize society if we don't have enough jobs? How would a concept like the Guaranteed Basic Inco...
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Connect The Dots - Top-down Leadership is Killing Us (Give Me A Few Minutes) from 2016-05-14T21:58:14
Too many leaders take a top-down approach to engaging their people, and it's tearing society and our institutions apart. Too many leaders are caught up in the bureaucratic, operational, logistics o...
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Connect the Dots - Innovation in Broken Systems (Give Me A Few Minutes) from 2016-05-11T00:01:44
If we truly want to be innovative, we need to stop thinking that the people at the top of our current broken system are the only ones qualified to fix it. We need to be more open to the ideas that ...
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Connect the Dots - The Rollercoaster of Life (Give Me A Few Minutes) from 2016-05-03T17:25:17
Pursuing a dream is a psychological struggle. Dealing with the daily whiplash of the ups and downs of life can be challenging, but it's exactly this rollercoaster that makes life worth living. We j...
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Connect the Dots - Building a Better Future - Give Me A Few Minutes from 2016-04-26T21:57:43
We are born into a world that is not of our own design. Yet, we learn and adopt paradigms, assumptions, values, and views from the people who came here before us. So, how do we build a better futur...
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Connect the Dots - Getting off Autopilot (Give Me A Few Minutes) from 2016-04-23T14:44:06
Sometimes we wake up and say "How did I get here?" Where am I going? Is that where I really want to be going? Is this what I really want to be doing with my life? Getting off auto-pilot is simply a...
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Connect the Dots - Trust in Society (Give Me A Few Minutes) from 2016-04-21T14:56:57
Leaders need to take more purposeful and specific action to rebuild trust in America. We know trust is decreasing and we see evidence of it all around us, but we don't take action to rectify it. Th...
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Connect the Dots - Thinking Twice About Success (Give Me A Few Minutes) from 2016-04-19T14:16:22
In business, in our personal lives, and in society as a whole, we need to think twice about the metrics we use to measure our success. Sometimes we assume or accept metrics without thinking about i...
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Connect the Dots - Quantum Strategy (Give Me A Few Minutes) from 2016-04-18T20:48:55
The smallest action can make an enormous difference on the rest of the system. Understanding how one can impact the larger the system is an issue of leverage points, strategy, influence, and system...
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Connect the Dots - Movements (Full Epsiode) Ep. 2 from 2016-04-18T20:42:09
In this episode, I talk about the difference between the "intentions" of movements and their "effects", which often differ in hindsight. The complexity of human interactions in 21st century movemen...
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Connect the Dots - Complexity or Conspiracy (Give Me A Few Minutes) from 2016-04-18T20:31:29
Why is it that every time we come across something extremely complex with a negative impact on lots of people that we think it's a conspiracy? Are there a group of people sitting in some dark room ...
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Connect the Dots - Climate Change, A Changing Climate (Give Me A Few Minutes) from 2016-04-18T20:29:02
Climate change is real - not just the kind that impacts the weather, but the political climate and economic climate, too. Change is happening.
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Connect the Dots - Sustaining the Unsustainable (Give Me a Few Minutes) from 2016-04-18T20:24:43
People were never able to connect with each other at the scale like they can now. This makes our current political and economic systems unsustainable.
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Connect the Dots - Populist Uprising (Full Episode) Ep. 1 from 2016-04-18T20:11:32
A populist uprising threatens to disrupt the current system and balance of power. The last 15 years shows a trend that a real populist uprising is emerging and highlights the practices that the lea...
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