Gil Friend’s Blog
3 things. 2 moods. 1 week.
Three things We have three key tasks in these times: RESIST the power grabs—In the courts, at the ballot box, in our information diets, and in our minds. BUILD the world we want, wherever we can—community, workplace, relationships, and self (in our moods,...
“Complexity”? “Sustainability”? (Nope. It’s NOT complicated! It’s complex.)
I was both moved and provoked by Neil Theise's unsettling/comforting/unsettling keynote at the SustainableBrands coneference in San Diego last week. (Only my second face-to-face with real humans conference since the Covid thing began!) So of course I invited him to...
An AI and an OG walk into a bar…
Nearly twenty years ago, a client called me with an unusual request. “Could you please tell us what to do? I mean exactly what to do. The truth. The whole thing. No holds barred. If we really wanted to do the right thing, what would that be?” My response was unusual...
“They say the neon lights are bright…”
Well, my keynote at ClimateWeekNYC next week isn’t exactly on Broadway (it's a few blocks to the west) but we’re still gonna do an "out-of-town tryout" during this month's Living Between Worlds webinar tomorrow.—Wednesday September 18th. You've heard me ask "What...
Thinking • Diagnosing • In your face! • And not quite in your face
What I'm thinking about lately And writing about on LinkedIn and Substack. And speaking about in various zoom venues, and the face-to-face events below. Stay tuned for works in progress, and periodic updates in future newsletters. Getting the prices right—how massive...
Capital-ism—Dx b4 Rx • Gil in the Wild, and GilBot on the Loose! • Are you following me?
Capital-ism—Dx b4 Rx Capitalism is back in the conversation crosshairs in ways we haven’t seen, at least the US, in my lifetime. From disaffected youth to the editorial pages of the Wall Street Journal, crtitiques abound. There's a rising momentum for reform, but the...
5 steps to better conversations with your GPT—and your colleagues!
What are the five things wrong with this request? "I need that report tomorrow." You tell me. Then I'll tell you. You may think you know how to get the best out of an AI, because after all you've been making requests of people your whole life. But actually, you're...
Prompts & Competent Requests • Interventions & Leverage Points • GilBot on the Loose!
Prompts & Competent Requests • Interventions & Leverage Points • GilBot on the Loose! Prompts & Competent Requests You may think you know how to get the best out of an AI, because after all you've been making requests of people your whole life. But...
How do minds change? I have a few ideas…
All of us live in taken-for-granted-and-invisible assumptions about how minds change. And how they don't. About how behaviors change. And how they don't. We're obsessed—especially those of us concerned with climate change, regenerative business, polycrises, and things...