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The futurist: The value of a human life
What’s the value of a human life? For some of you, this is a very disconcerting question, because it attempts to put a dollar value on a person, something we value in far different ways. But that is exactly what governments and businesses find themselves doing on a daily basis. Every time an insur...
Overtraining and fatigue in athletes
Fatigue and overtraining doesn’t strike just elite athletes. Recreational athletes are actually the population most vulnerable for overtraining. Many recreational athletes become “competitive” athletes. They don’t run around the block or cycle to work anymore to stay fit. Instead, they enter marat...
More on the liquid library
We’ve never really had the benefit of tapping into an idea archive in the past, so this will be unchartered territory for the world ahead. It will also be a breeding ground for sparking new epiphanies. Every new business that gets launched happens as a result of an epiphany. Similarly, every new p...
Restoring light to the mind’s dark places
Robin Williams was not alone when it comes to experiencing the dark prison of the mind that plagues thousands of people every day. Whether it is prescription-induced, situational trauma or hormonal imbalance, our mental and biological systems often walk hand and hand into health and wellness or me...
The futurist: A liquid network of ideas
Unlike our not-so-distant-past, the world’s most important information is no longer solely in books. Whenever a great idea forms in our head, we look for a place to put it. Is it something useful, that we can turn into a product, add to a document, tell to our friends, include in a presentation, o...
Executive wheels: Subaru’s Mary Poppins mobile
Recently, I had the opportunity to drive the 2014 Subaru XV Crosstrek Hybrid and again I was enthusiastic because I have seen them on the streets and liked the look. I spent the test-drive week very impressed (with a couple reservations), and then upon further examination, I got confused. The Cro...
Three more massive global trends
Is our system for creating new jobs a “self-organizing complex system?” Will our exponential systems compensate for declining birthrates? Will our growing levels of awareness compensate for our growing levels of fragility? Will the “power of one” compensate for our overprotected “Nerf Generation?”...
The futurist: Six massive global trends
Even though this 1964 warning of a Triple Revolution registered little more than a tiny blip on the radar screen of history, computers have dramatically changed the jobs landscape as well as the skills required to perform those jobs. Today we are seeing many voice similar concerns about technologi...
Chef Laura: Peak performance
Although Coloradans wear “hiking a fourteener’ like a badge of honor, it is in fact not a requirement to maintaining residency. What kept me scrambling up jagged rocks to the 14,368-foot summit was the fact that it was my idea. This got me thinking about work. You know when the boss assigns you a...
Green Colorado 2014: Transportation
Not many companies can boast the growth Boulder B-Cycle has shown since starting in 2011. Marketing communications manager Kevin Bell says the system originated with 12 stations and will be up to 38 this year. B-Cycle digitally tracks its members and 150 bikes. About half of users are annual membe...
Five remedies for negative rumination
Rumination flows from an unsatisfied state of being and is often fueled by our self -judgments due to unmet goals or perceived failures in life. Remember, failure is simply a label we place on undesirable outcomes. Ruminating is something we do in our mind over past negative events that evoke unde...
Executive wheels: The VW enigma
I recently drove the 2014 Jetta SE and, frankly, was disappointed that it was pretty much the same as the Jetta I drove last year, the year before and the year before that. The Jetta, first introduced in 1979, is now in its 6th generation (since 2011), but in reality very little has changed since...
