When I was pitching Big Green Rabbit to the President and CEO of Rocky Mountain PBS and his leadership team, I learned something that changed the way I think about meetings. Rocky Mountain PBS had one simple rule: No meeting lasted longer than one hour. At first, I assumed the

Early in my career, I was a partner in a mannequin company. For eight years, I loved it. I worked with talented people, collaborated with some of the best fashion designers in the industry, and had the opportunity to do some pretty amazing things. Then something unexpected happened. I couldn’t

On Tuesday, I launched The Thought Farm. This morning, I reread my post. Something didn’t feel right. For more than 30 years, I’ve believed that stories help children connect with ideas—and that those connections can change lives. Yet my launch post wasn’t telling a story. It was explaining a philosophy.

Weeks before The Dream, I dropped out of college. It was the summer of 1976. I was a third-year art major at East Carolina University when I decided to move to New York and rent an apartment with my best friend from college in Roslyn on Long Island. My Ford