Seth Kahan

Grand Challenge to Eradicate the Stigma Associated with Mental Illness

Seth Kahan on Big Change /

For the last seven years, I’ve helped leaders conceive, design, and execute strategies to address Grand Challenges – really wicked, sticky problems that resist superficial solutions, are mind-numbingly complex, and require labor-intensive approaches to resolve. I’m excited to share my next project – working with the Huntsmen Mental Health Institute on a national scale to […]

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Whale of a Tale

Monday Morning Mojo /

I am reading and listening to a great book by Nick Pyenson, a research geologist and curator of fossil marine mammals at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History here in Washington DC. The book is, Spying on Whales. It is currently an Editor’s Pick on Amazon. I know Nick and in the audio version,

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Building a Grand Challenge Community of Practice

Seth Kahan on Big Change /

For 20 years, I’ve worked closely with CEOs and senior managers as an executive consultant focusing on challenges related to strategy and innovation. My work has included projects with The World Bank under President James Wolfensohn, the Peace Corp with Director Gaddi Vasquez, senior managers for Royal Dutch Shell, and over 100 engagements with professional

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10 Zen Masters

Monday Morning Mojo /

In my last issue of Monday Morning Mojo, I suggested this weekly missive may be at the end. But, wait! The response I received was off the charts. 48 people wrote to me and an additional 37 simply clicked the don’t stop button. The notes I received ranged from, “Ok. Just don’t stop camping with

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Is This Good-bye?

Monday Morning Mojo /

For over 10 years I have been sending out my weekly missive, Monday Morning Mojo. I started it because Monday is my favorite day of the week, with all of the possibilities of the week in front of me. I wanted to provide another point of view contrary to those who groan when Monday morning

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The Metaverse is Coming to a Business Model Near You

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Leaders of organizations must consider how technology can disrupt their business models. Remember the internet? It became widely available in 1995-1996, but it wasn’t until the 2000s that we felt the disruption to our business. Think how much has changed since then and how much you rely on the internet today. The internet gave us

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What Do We Intend?

Monday Morning Mojo /

Isaac Asimov’s Foundation Series is being brought to the screen. The stories take place in the end days of a future Galactic Empire, Hari Seldon, a mathematician, develops psychohistory. Using statistics, he predicts the future of large populations. I love sci-fi and so am drawn to it. I couldn’t help but capture the quote above,

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Grand Challenge Time!

Monday Morning Mojo /

Last week I traveled to the University of Utah, my first time in the state. That’s me above next to the giant U on campus. I went to meet with the leaders of the Huntsman Mental Health Institute to discuss an initiative to lower the stigma of mental illness across the nation. It’s a powerful

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