The Growing Surveillance Threat. How Young People Will Save Us
Repeat after me, please … DIGITAL DATA ETHICS! One more time, please …DIGITAL DATA ETHICS! That’s better. Now let’s dig into it. It was mid-August, 2018. As a panelist at a Washington D.C. national conference of mass communication educators, I was trying to get the audience to focus on the unprecedented power and influence of […]
The 2019 Women’s World Cup is Done. What Still Needs to Change?
Jean Williams is a Professor of Sport at the University of Woverhampton in the United Kingdom. She knows more than most about women’s sports history and has some thoughtful and controversial ideas around the past, present and future of this pastime. She spoke with Nancy Kapitanoff about the evolution of women’s sports, and how individuals, companies and organizations […]
Jaden Smith Brings Clean Water to Flint
Actor and rapper Jaden Smith is tapping into uncharted waters to lead a community effort. Flint, Michigan faced a water crisis when the city switched its new water source to the Flint River in 2014. Without corrosion controls, the city’s old pipes leached lead into Flint’s water, transforming the city’s water into poison. Five years […]
Bringing Back Compassion and Empathy to the Business World.
Melissa Center and Tanny Jiraprapasuke have combined a passion for storytelling and a commitment to empowering marginalized voices to make an impact in the workplace. Their business, Whole Self Systems, is a socially and culturally-driven training company seeking a better future by activating equanimity, diversity, and compassion in a business setting. While the company wasn’t […]
Rethink Your Business Before It’s Too Late
This week I had the opportunity to interview multi-business owner Jared Meyers of Legacy Vacation Club and Salt Palm brands who recently launched Florida For Good to help inform, inspire and connect Florida business owners to rethink the way they do business. You never know whom exactly you’re going to get on the opposite end […]
This is What Real Masculinity Should Look Like
The cartoon stuck on the refrigerator door of Dr. John Izzo sums up his work perfectly: Three men, wearing hard hats, eating lunch at a construction site. The caption reads, “Men working things out.” One of the co-founders of Good Men in Sport, Izzo believes it perfectly captures one of the greatest obstacles facing men […]
Remembering Nipsey Hussle: A Leader Los Angeles Needed
A dark cloud of despair has hung over the city of Los Angeles since Grammy-nominated rapper Nipsey Hussle was shot and killed outside his clothing store in L.A. on March 31st. With his passing, Los Angeles mourns more than just a music icon. Nipsey, whose real name was Ermias Asghedom, was also an entrepreneur, […]
Why I Endured Bullying for Years
If you had asked me fifteen years ago whether I had ever been bullied or mobbed, I would have said no. Now, I’m not so sure. The first time I went to see a therapist I was thirty. I talked for the entire hour of this first session about all the times I had found […]
5 Ways to Better Manage Millennials in a Family Business
There are always gaps in attitudes and perspectives from one generation to the next. In a family business, trying to weave together the differences between the current generation and the next generation from a business perspective is always hard. But today’s gap between baby boomers and millennials is the biggest in history. From the boomer’s […]
Oprah Winfrey: “I Don’t Believe in Failure”
Oprah Winfrey holds a fascinating role in American life, with a celebrity status that goes beyond entrepreneur, TV personality and wellness guru. Most will agree that she Is certainly inspirational. She shares her greatest lesson, her hopes for the future and what she would have done differently. What is the greatest lesson you’ve learned […]
