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Can you write yourself into the future?

What You Write (and Read) Can Change Your Life

6 min readFeb 16, 2022

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Why we need to design dialogue… now

It’s been a little over a year since I published my book, Making Conversation. I have a few updates to share.

4 min readFeb 1, 2022

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Level Up Your Brainstorming Sessions With a ‘Hunch Hour

A way to turn your half-baked ideas into pretty solid ideas

3 min readMar 15, 2021

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FRED DUST

The workplace isn’t broken. Our solutions are.

There’s no shortage of noise around what’s wrong with workplaces. Zoom burnout. Call-out culture. Fatigue. Failing frameworks. You’ve…

6 min readDec 19, 2022

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Getting to Truth, Getting to Trust: Insights from Aspen Ideas Festival 2022

Aspen Ideas has always been gracious about inviting me and giving me the freedom to experiment with and test the limits of dialogue. This…

7 min readJul 14, 2022

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Getting to Truth, Getting to Trust: Insights from Aspen Ideas Festival 2022

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What Typical Island Rituals Can Teach Us About Living Better with Each Other

Maybe Sundays should happen more often

5 min readJun 16, 2021

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What Typical Island Rituals Can Teach Us About Living Better with Each Other

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Stop Reading Stories That Tell You How You Feel

Be careful you aren’t taking on a diagnosis that’s not for you

4 min readJun 14, 2021

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Stop Reading Stories That Tell You How You Feel

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What Do the Words “Lack of Follow Through” Actually Mean?

No, I’m really asking

4 min readJun 7, 2021

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What Do the Words “Lack of Follow Through” Actually Mean?

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3 Counterintuitive Rules to Remember in Your Chase for Personal Freedom

Or, why you may not want to be me when you grow up.

4 min readJun 3, 2021

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3 Counterintuitive Rules to Remember in Your Chase for Personal Freedom

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How Pandemic Friends Have Become Our “Go-to Friends”

Or, how the pandemic changed friendships for good

5 min readMay 27, 2021

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How Pandemic Friends Have Become Our “Go-to Friends”

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FRED DUST

FRED DUST

Founder of Dust&Co, senior design advisor for Rockefeller Foundation & former global managing partner of IDEO — fan of words and good conversation.

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