For more than three decades, I’ve created books, television programs, and educational media for children. Along the way, I’ve sat in countless meetings where adults debated what children needed to know. We talked about curriculum, vocabulary, literacy, educational objectives, and the messages we hoped children would remember. But I kept

I’ve been a Bob Dylan fan since I was thirteen. One of my favorite songs is Positively 4th Street. On the surface, it’s warm and melodic. Underneath, it’s one of the harshest songs Dylan ever wrote. It ends with a line I’ve never forgotten: “I wish that for just one

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