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Caught in a Nostalgia Trap
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The Nostalgia Trap: How Faulty Memories Destroy Change and Transformation Initiatives

The Nostalgia Trap: How Faulty Memories Destroy Change and Transformation Initiatives Issue 234, October 16, 2025 Think about the last system, process, or tool your organization replaced. Now, be honest—how long did people complain that “the old way was better?” A week? A month? Are they still saying it? In this issue, we are exploring why your brain lies to you about the past, how nostalgia becomes the silent killer of change and transformation initiatives, and what happens when entire…

Kevin Novak
October 15, 2025
Being Human in the Age of AI: Where We Are Heading Now and into 2035
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Being Human in the Age of AI: Where We Are Heading Now and into 2035

Being Human in the Age of AI: Where We Are Heading Now and into 2035 Issue 209, April 24, 2025 If you’ve been working with any Large Language Model (LLM) – ChatGPT, Claude, et al. – you’ve probably noticed how weirdly polite and eager to please these tools are. That’s no surprise because they are trained to please you. It’s refreshing to have a handy research tool that responds like a friendly, faithful dog within seconds. It makes it tempting…

Kevin Novak
April 24, 2025
Inspiration for Commitment, Redefinition, and Reinvention
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Inspiration for Commitment, Redefinition, and Reinvention

Inspiration for Commitment, Redefinition, and Reinvention Issue 138, December 7, 2023 What We Can Learn From Others For many of us, this year has been one of surprises and some unexpected gifts. Global events have become 24/7 headlines on our newsfeeds and most of the news is troubling. 2023 is the hottest year on record for the planet. Two wars are being waged simultaneously at great costs. Inflation remains a persistent worry despite improving economic data. The vision of an…

Kevin Novak
December 6, 2023
Future with AI
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The Future of Personal Agency – Ideas and Innovations from 2040

The Future of Personal Agency Issue 102, April 6, 2023 It can’t come as a surprise that many people feel they are losing their sense of personal agency in the face of such rapid technological change, global disruptions and polarized social and political factions. Personal agency? It’s a “sense that I am the one who is causing or generating an action. A person with a sense of personal agency perceives himself/herself as the subject influencing his/her own actions and life…

Kevin Novak
April 5, 2023
Why Do People Lie? – Ideas + Innovations from 2040
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Why Do People Lie? – Ideas + Innovations from 2040

Why Do People Lie? Issue 66: July 28, 2022 Last week we discussed inferences that can be made based on what we do versus what we say— all revealed by data from our physical and digital footprints. We offered several observations about how what we say often reflects what we think others want to hear from us or how others expect us to respond. Several months ago, we focused on how individuals and organizations earn trust. This week, we turn…

Kevin Novak
July 28, 2022
2040’s Ideas and Innovations: How Do You Trust?
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2040’s Ideas and Innovations: How Do You Trust?

How Do You Trust? Issue 42: February 10, 2022 Everyone is talking about who or what to trust, particularly in today’s fractious public discourse. When we decide to trust, we have aligned with and formed an understanding, correlation, and interpretation of the meaning of that trust. We then apply what has been communicated, shared, and internalized to our own beliefs, values, and knowledge … and take actions based on that trust. In Ourselves We Trust Where do we end up…

Kevin Novak
February 9, 2022
2040’s Ideas and Innovations: Is Perception Everything?
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2040’s Ideas and Innovations: Is Perception Everything?

Is Perception Everything? Issue 39: January 20, 2022 Some say that we live in a simulation. The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy and The Matrix popularized ideas long held by some physicists and game theorists. Some say that we will be living in a parallel reality, a metaverse dramatized by Ender’s Game, Belle and Ready Player One, to mention only three pop culture narratives. There are plenty of thinkers and philosophers who believe that reality is how you perceive it;…

Kevin Novak
January 19, 2022