February had me reflecting on connection. This month, we celebrated Valentine’s Day, a day devoted to romantic love, and Black History Month, a commemoration of important people, events, and contributions in African-American history, in addition to a handful of other...
The start of a new year is the perfect time to hit reset, choose goals, and set your intentions for the year. Being intentional is the quiet discipline of choosing how you live instead of letting life choose for you. It’s the difference between reacting on autopilot...
Maya Shankar is a cognitive scientist and podcaster whose TED talk, “Why change is so scary – and how to unlock its potential,” caught my attention. If any word has summed up my last year, it is change. Marriage, the loss of my father, a new position at work,...
This month, while perusing AreaDevelopment’s latest news, I read a wonderful article, “Your Next Factory Might Already Be Built,” by Bradley Migdal, Executive Managing Director, Americas Strategic Consulting, at Cushman & Wakefield. All over the country, we see...
Founder and executive director of African Entrepreneur Collective, Julienne Oyler, presented an inspiring TED talk earlier this year in which she described the life-changing economic opportunities that happen when aid systems invest in displaced people in addition to...
