1. If you're a designer and you want more power, there's really only a few ways to get it. You either need to change your role or your reputation.

And this is why a purely quantitative take in international development is not enough. Understanding the realities of individuals and their social systems is key. And that can only be done through strong ethnographic research. #ethnography #HCD #socialdevelopment

May you sleep easy tonight knowing that you can handle whatever this week throws at you. May you wake up your mind energized and heart inspired for a new day. May you move in the direction of your dreams with positivity and purpose.

thinking: one of the greatest human tendencies is to dream, one of the worst is to settle.

"If you can't explain it to a 6-year old, you don't know it yourself." - Albert Einstein

Invest in projects that deliver evidence from testing, rather than ideas that look irresistible in powerpoint presentations & spreadsheets. Make sure you give teams and ideas a chance to explore, because you can’t know which ones will excel. Let the best teams and ideas emerge!

your #brand is the experience that is actually delivered and communicated through every single thing you do, every day, around the clock. that’s what great brands do. #wgbd #CustExp

Kindness is the word of 2020

Being on social media is like being a crackhead, addicted, but can’t get high anymore

School requires you to learn about things after the answer has already been decided. Life requires you to learn about things while the answer is in the process of being decided.

“The truest material for making new things isn’t aluminum or carbon fiber. It’s behavior.” (User Friendly) robert fabricant Cliff Kuang #hcd #innovation #userfriendly

Stopped by Snow Peak Portland! Their modular cooking systems are everything! Can’t wait to check out the new retail location this summer!! 😎🙌🔥 Snow Peak 山井 太｜株式会社スノーピーク 社長執行役員 #snowpeak

Just realized why VCs spend SOOO much time on Twitter. Not just for self promotion (there’s a lot of that, for sure) but for many it’s actually a lonely job (🤫 no one wants to admit it) and people need some friends and a water cooler. True or false?

At the end of every day I ask myself: 1) what did I learn about myself? 2) what did I learn about my team? 3) what did I learn about our business model & environment? What do you ask yourself at the end of every day?

Don’t let anyone dim your light just because it’s shining in their eyes. It’s not a competition, fan the fire in others. We all need to radiate & encourage others to do the same. It’s not possible for there to be too much brightness in a sometime too dim world. Together we shine.

via Forbes + Esha Chhabra: "Back to the Roots plans on being at the helm: in fact, the company will be the first 100% US grown national seed brand in retail. They’ll be expanding nationwide into The Home Depot , H-E-B , and Albertsons in spring 2021." 🇺🇸🙏🌱 forbes.com/sites/eshachha…

So excited and grateful for the partnership with our friends The Home Depot that is bringing these organic, 100% USA grown seeds to families across the country this Spring! 🌱 🇺🇸 Happy Earth Week! 🌎💚

Gardener's dilemma that they didn't know they had. Peat is not an endless resource so Back to the Roots Roots came up with a solution. #unintended #consequences "For Peat’s Sake: Back to the Roots Equips Home Gardeners with Climate-Friendly Soil" sustainablebrands.com/read/product-s…

In 2009, NikhilArora & Alejandro Velez learned that you can grow a healthy crop of mushrooms on used coffee grounds. They used that idea to launch Back to the Roots which has become the fastest-growing organic gardening brand in the U.S. Listen here: npr.org/2021/11/05/105…

SCOOP! @AyeshaCurry joins the Back to the Roots board - my exclusive interview with her for Bloomberg News: bloomberg.com/news/articles/… cc Alejandro Velez NikhilArora Stephen Curry Alyssa Milano Blake Mycoskie Peter Guber Tony Robbins Bloomberg