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Balance of Power between Individuals and Institutions

Balance of Power between Individuals and Institutions

We’re witnessing a shift in the balance of power away from corporations/institutions and towards individuals.

Uncharted Insider - June 2021

On economic inequality, artificial intelligence, the balance of power between individuals and institutions, and western art.

Deep Learning Retreats

Deep Learning Retreats

A deep learning retreat was one of the best things I have ever done. I learned more, wrote more, and produced more creative work in one week than I have in 6 months.

Unbundling and Rebundling

Unbundling and Rebundling

We're living in an age of things being unbundled and rebundled by the internet.

The Collapsing of Categories

Conscious Leadership

The Collapsing of Categories

We're having the thickest conversation in the thinnest spaces.

Uncharted Insider - May 2021

The collapsing of categories, unbundling and rebundling, and deep learning retreats.

Uncharted's Economic Inequality Initiative: The Future of Uncharted

Uncharted's Economic Inequality Initiative: The Future of Uncharted

Today Uncharted launches our newest and most ambitious initiative: the Economic Inequality Initiative.

Uncharted Insider - April 2021

Commentary on intelligence, patience, censorship, and our antagonistic relationship with wildfires.

The case for Patience and Meandering Careers

The case for Patience and Meandering Careers

The status quo marches forward simply because we’re not patient enough with the risky ideas whose time just hasn’t yet come.

Intelligence as a Relationship

Intelligence as a Relationship

Intelligence is not a fixed ability within a person but rather a relationship between a person and the technologies and norms at a specific moment in time.

Censorship in Corporate America

Censorship in Corporate America

Censorship is simply avoidance with power behind it.

Our Relationship to Wildfires

Our Relationship to Wildfires

“Whatever you resist will not only persist, but will grow in size.”

Uncharted Insider - March 2021

Commentary on the genealogies of social change, management via unexpected delights, and the trauma of COVID and mass-shootings.

Competitive Frontiers: Part 2 - Going Wider

Competitive Frontiers: Part 2 - Going Wider

The competitive advantage will be increasingly on finding and funding a more diverse set of non-traditional ventures.

Management Via Unexpected Delights

Management Via Unexpected Delights

When so many are burnt out, worn down, and tired of the Zoom screen and the homebound routine, the smallest unexpected delight can be the grandest gesture.

On Random Violence

On Random Violence

Appreciating our human fragility can also make us live bigger, braver lives.

The Messy Middle of our Antiracist Journey

The Messy Middle of our Antiracist Journey

“There is no liberation without community…” - Audre Lorde

Uncharted Insider - February 2021

Hi everyone, Welcome to the February edition of the Uncharted Insider. Uncharted Update * New Partnership: We secured a partnership with Chipotle for a third year to accelerate a cohort of early-stage ventures working on sustainable agriculture and next-generation American farming. * Integrating technology: We’re piloting new online platforms to make

Start in Close In

Start in Close In

The most profound creative acts start close in with us exploring the connection between our interior landscape and the stories we tell ourselves about ourselves.

Actions lead to Beliefs

Actions lead to Beliefs

It is not ideas and values that spark action as much as it is actions and precedents that spark latent ideas and values

Uncharted Insider - January 2021

Hi everyone, Happy 2021! Welcome to the January edition of the Uncharted Insider. Uncharted Update * Current Programs: We are in the middle of supporting our cohort of mobile tech nonprofits (with Visible), and we’re wrapping up our accelerator focused on supporting ventures working in next-generation farming (with Chipotle). * Wealth

The Two Approaches to Patience

The Two Approaches to Patience

Should we be patient or impatient about social change?

Competitive Frontiers: Part I - Going Earlier

Competitive Frontiers: Part I - Going Earlier

The competitive advantage will be increasingly on finding the up-and-coming talent that hasn’t been believed in and credentialed yet.

Backcountry Skiing

Personal Reflections

Backcountry Skiing

Intimacy is defined more by the distance that’s missing between two things than it is defined by something that exists between them.

Uncharted Insider - December 2020

Hi everyone, Welcome to the December edition of the Uncharted Insider. Similar to past December editions, I am taking a different approach with this final Insider of 2020. Close-In vs. Far-Out 2020 has created a dual consciousness in us. On one hand, we’ve never been more aware of the