I want to change the dialogue around Artificial Intelligence. Here are some thoughts about how I would know I was successful at changing this dialogue: We would be talking about AI built in a way that “taps the power of limits.” We can develop AI that learns from limited data…

A couple of years ago, I was talking to a friend. He was helping me to understand something that I kept taking for granted. Something I can now name “Anthro-Intelligence.” This term comes from an outstanding book recommendation that a beautiful woman psychologist recommended to me in a restaurant in…

In ancient times, the word “genius” was not so much used for individual people. It was used about places, almost always with the term “loci.” So “genius loci” meant the spirit of a place. I was honored to attend a CDO (Chief Design Officer) Roundtable in Copenhagen. As this is…

I am in the middle of consuming Amanda Palmer’s book — “The Art of Asking.” It is impressively relevant for me right now, and for some reason, the friend I thought gave me this recommendation does not remember doing so. Thank you, the universe, then! Amanda talks about “Indian Giving”…

I was officially diagnosed with ADHD in my mid-forties a couple of years ago. This diagnosis was both a huge relief and a surprise for me. I am one of the many women* who can look back on their lives and see an obvious pattern. I was taught to limit…

The only time I wrote to the CEO in my 20+ year career at IBM was when I wrote this line to Ginni Rometty. I poured my soul into tribute to a sponsor, mentor, and friend who was leaving IBM, and I wanted our CEO to know how much this…

I recently had the opportunity to present at the Global Technology Summit hosted by Gallup in their DC headquarters, it was spectacular. I ran into a kindred soul — Carlos, who asked me what my vision of the world would be like in 2050. This blog is a beginning. …

I grew up in a small town in FL. We were Catholic which meant that I got to pick out my confirmation name and go to catechism. I always understood that we were really “Jesuit,” though, because my father’s family was old San Franciscan, and that’s the way it was…

I am unsure when it started, but I became a productivity addict. That is untrue — I have always been a productivity addict. But not in the general sense; productivity is a yoke for the sake of productivity. I have so much to learn and so little time that I…