What would we do INSTEAD of capitalism?? Here's the basic idea: we don't replace it with ONE economy, we build a SECOND one alongside The Market...

Never forget: Every system is perfectly designed To produce exactly what it produces // This is part of the sense-making work going into my new book. Come read it as I write it → WorkWillKillUsAll.com

Burnout is often treated as an employee issue But burnout is more often a design feature Of a system we never try to fix // This is part of the sense-making work going into my new book. Come read it as I write it → WorkWillKillUsAll.com

What do we do when we know there's a Crisis coming?? Here are 3 things that will help you stay sane and constructive through whatever's down the road...

Do you know what the Winter season in a Fourth Turning feels like?? It feels like now. Right now.

We keep talking about artificial intelligence But the bigger shortage is human wisdom // This is part of the sense-making work going into my new book. Come read it as I write it → WorkWillKillUsAll.com

Are you familiar with The Fourth Turning? This idea helps me make sense of where we are... and what's coming next.

You can coach people forever OR you can fix the problem with the system that’s making the coaching necessary // This is part of the sense-making work going into my new book. Come read it as I write it → WorkWillKillUsAll.com

Has capitalism done good things? Maybe... but this week's episode isn't going to discuss them. This week's episode aims to convince you — in 13 minutes — that capital-ism is a belief system that will fail us all. AND it will teach you how to un-gaslight yourself. Let's go.

People are downstream of systems Which means if you don’t like the outcomes Follow the river upstream // This is part of the sense-making work going into my new book. Come read it as I write it → WorkWillKillUsAll.com

The game is completely and totally rigged toward one thing only: CAPITAL. And capital doesn't need you to "win," they just need you to believe you COULD win... someday. That belief is what keeps you grinding until you die.

This is my favorite rant from Hello Tomorrow (so far)... volume up. 😎 // We live in a world where everything — and I mean everything — has been turned into capital. Don't believe me? Let me show you...

We are in a continual state of being gaslit by the holders of capital, my friends. Here's how to un-gaslight yourself.

Most workplace problems Look like people problems Until you find the system creating them // This is part of the sense-making work going into my new book. Come read it as I write it → WorkWillKillUsAll.com

Ever feel gaslit by capitalism? You should! Here's how I learned to un-gaslight myself.

Workplace burnout is often treated like a personal weakness But if thousands of people are exhausted in the same ways… That’s not a people problem That’s a SYSTEM problem // This is part of the sense-making work going into my new book. Come read it as I write it → WorkWillKillUsAll.com

I've spent MANY episodes explaining our current challenges: petrodollar, global debt, neoliberalism, the economic loop... I understand how large the current problems are. But HOW do we fix them? Resisting optimism is definitely NOT the way. Let me explain why...

Did you know the U.S. actually passed a law to PREVENT more World's Fairs?? After 1984, the World's Fair story in the U.S. becomes a huge bummer... ...and I believe we are ALL worse off because of it. Here's why.

Uncertainty is like darkness And vague leadership is like removing the last flashlight People will still move… but not in the same direction! // This is part of the sense-making work going into my new book. Come read it as I write it → WorkWillKillUsAll.com

Time to talk about my favorite World's Fair: 1964 in New York City! This Fair was a mess in many ways, but it's also remembered fondly by many. More than that, it teaches us something profound about the important role government plays in fostering optimism.

Alignment isn’t everyone agreeing about everything It’s everyone seeing the same mountain Even if they argue about the best path up // This is part of the sense-making work going into my new book. Come read it as I write it → WorkWillKillUsAll.com

Did you know we held a World's Fair right in the middle of the Great Depression? 1933, Chicago. The audacity feels hard to process... and yet... 39 MILLION PEOPLE CAME. What's going on here??

Leaders ask, “How do I get buy-in?” But buy-in isn’t something you can extract It’s something that emerges when things finally make sense // This is part of the sense-making work going into my new book. Come read it as I write it → WorkWillKillUsAll.com

Have you heard of the "White City?" Our first stop on the World's Fair tour is 1893 in Chicago. The city is rotting and the White City is gleaming. What can we learn from this story about optimism...?

The most radical thing we can do in a crisis is to imagine a better future. Here's why we need optimism more than ever. New episode of Hello Tomorrow, available NOW!

Leaders: You can hand off tasks You can hand off decisions You cannot hand off clarity If the path is foggy, that’s on you // This is part of the sense-making work going into my new book. Come read it as I write it → WorkWillKillUsAll.com

Have you ever wondered why we don't do World's Fairs anymore...?? The answer is so much weirder (and lamer) than you'll ever believe. New episode of Hello Tomorrow, available today! 🚀

People don’t resist change They resist being made to feel lost, replaceable, confused, or stupid // This is part of the sense-making work going into my new book. Come read it as I write it → WorkWillKillUsAll.com

Most leaders are making decisions from a map that’s already outdated Filtered, delayed, opaque Then we wonder why we keep arriving in the wrong place // This is part of the sense-making work going into my new book. Come read it as I write it → WorkWillKillUsAll.com

Joshes unite this week on Hello Tomorrow — Josh Levine and I chat about how the start of our current job crisis began 50 years ago, how to understand what A.I. is doing to your job, and why what's happening is VERY precedented. Enjoy!

“We need better communication” usually means “We built a house where everyone’s in a different room… and we’re shouting through the walls” More shouting won’t fix anything Remove the walls // This is part of the sense-making work going into my new book. Come read as I write → WorkWillKillUsAll.com

People can handle change We do it ALL THE TIME What they can’t handle is change that feels like it’s coming from nowhere and going nowhere Movement without meaning is what’s exhausting // This is part of the sense-making work going into my new book. Come read as I write → WorkWillKillUsAll.com

Don't miss this week's special episode, a live conversation between me and my longtime friend Josh Levine!

Speed isn’t about “pushing harder” It’s about removing what’s in the way Every unnecessary extra step, approval, and handoff is like running through water Most teams aren’t “slow,” they’re just wading // This is part of the sense-making work going into my new book → WorkWillKillUsAll.com

Team trust doesn’t usually break in a moment More often, it erodes A priority that disappears A promise that slips A signal that contradicts the last one Like water on stone… slow, steady, undeniable

Leaders: your organization might work a lot like our government. Please, don't let that happen.

Many of us have already seen the solution for this problem of budget opaqueness... in a now-deceased online personal finance tool! #MintforTheCommons

When a system is incomprehensible, it becomes unaccountable. When this happens, the "fog" stops being a side effect, it's started being the actual PRODUCT. And the beneficiaries are the same people who wrote the budget in the first place.

If “everything is important” Your team will start dropping things quietly Not because they don’t care But because they’re trying not to drown You must bring them clarity

As far as I can tell, in the last 250 years of the U.S., NOBODY has ever commissioned a comprehensive, systematic study of what Americans actually understand about where their tax dollars go. Um, I think this is a problem.

Every organization says they want proactive people But the heroes they celebrate are the ones Who sprint in at the last second to "put out fires" You never prevent fires that way You just build better firefighters

What percentage of the U.S. federal budget do you think is spent on foreign aid?? Most people won't even get CLOSE...

What we call “resistance” can look like people digging in But up close, it looks more like Someone standing at the edge of fog And being asked to step forward anyway I don’t want to do that (do you?) Clear the fog and give people something to step toward

Anyone else foggy about where and how our government spends money?? There are some very good reasons for that. In this week's episode of Hello Tomorrow, I explain what's going on and what we should be doing differently...!

Do you have any idea what a "trillion" is? Spoiler: No, you don't. Because you can't... our brains just don't work that way.

Dwight Eisenhower warned us about the “military-industrial complex.” That was 1961. We… didn’t listen to him. The same architecture of information opaqueness and fog has replicated itself across defense, taxes, social security, and probably more.

Overwhelm feels like standing in a storm Where everything is shouting “I MATTER” at the same volume Your job as a leader is not to shout louder It’s to do what you can to quiet the storm

Can you comprehend what a trillion dollars is? Of course not; our brains didn't evolve to process insanely large figures like this. But what do we do, then, when our governance budgets are THAT big? Discover the solution in this week's Hello Tomorrow, available now!

You know exactly where you tax dollars go, right?? Yeah, of course not! But... WHY? Wouldn't we be better citizens if we actually knew what was happening...? In this week's episode of Hello Tomorrow, I get real with you about government budgets, why they're opaque, and what we should do instead.

This week's Optimistic Rebellion: 1. Reclaim "Luddite" — it used to mean "person concerned with fairness around new tech" 2. Find and support new politicians — we need more folks to support workers! 3. Talk about WHY we hate A.I. — help people understand and go deeper on their feels