Our Pack

The Shepherd waits, still as stone, eyes tracing every shadow, a silent sentinel. The Pitty spins, a blur of muscle and joy, bounding, twisting, leaping, never still, never silent. One watches, one moves— both living from the same heart: the heart of our pack. “Because of the dog’s joyfulness, our own is increased. It is

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Renewal

Last week, I had a business trip to Clearwater, Florida, and brought my beautiful bride, Laura, along for the ride. Although I spent most of my time in meetings, I deeply enjoyed both the location and the camaraderie of close colleagues. Our host secured a condo overlooking the gulf and went the extra yard to

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Creative Renewal

My son, Gabe, and I met in Berlin earlier this month to spend a week in the city. It was a powerful trip in no small part because of the transformational DNA in the core of the city, all pertinent to my work on Grand Challenges. Berlin’s transformation over the past several decades is nothing

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Because I have Children

My mother, Diana Weaver Kahan, was a poet. Her birthday was yesterday. She would have been 90. Instead, she lives in eternity. She was not a published poet but a lover of poetry who read to me regularly and occasionally wrote her own. I am particularly fond of this poem she wrote in 2004: Because

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mission to thrive

2025 Grand Challenges

Grand Challenge: Transform U.S. Education > Idea: Remove traditional grade levels entirely, replacing them with mastery-based systems that let students progress based on demonstrated understanding rather than age or time spent. Grand Challenge: Repair US healthcare > Idea: monetize preventative care as a subscription service, incentivizing healthcare providers to keep populations healthy rather than treating

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Leading Yourself

Elizabeth Lotardo launched the LinkedIn Learning course ‘Leading Yourself’ in 2017. In 2020, as the world moved into remote work and many employees yearned for deeper meaning, she updated the course, which took off. In 2024, her movement captured over 1M learners on LinkedIn Learning and launched a bestselling book by the same title. It’s

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Marla Weston on my Podcast

Former ANA CEO Marla Weston, PhD, RN, FAAN, discusses Healthy Nurse, Healthy Nation™ (HNHN) on my Grand Challenge podcast. Marla led the HNHN Grand Challenge to measurably improve the health of America’s nurses. This initiative engages diverse stakeholders and has overcome significant challenges. In this episode of my podcast, she emphasizes defining the problem, allowing

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Best Buddies

You wouldn’t think these two would fight, but occasionally, they get into it with each other. In this picture, they are playing in our front yard. They are best buddies! Divya is the little black one on the left, and Kaya is the German Shepherd on the right. Isn’t it interesting how we save our

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