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“You cannot get through a single day without having an impact on the world around you. What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make." - Jane Goodall

Nice way to think about this. #endorse #leadership

Looking for podcast recs as I weed/add for the new year. Less interested in entertainment or political pods and more into those that shape learning, practice, and exploration. Current faves include:

Coaching for Leaders
Pioneers and Pathfinders
ReThinking
LawNext
HBR IdeaCast

We need to talk about an injustice In an engaging and personal talk -- with cameo appearances from his grandmother and Rosa Parks -- human rights lawyer Bryan Stevenson shares some hard truths about America's justice system, starting w...

The opposite of poverty is not wealth. The opposite of poverty is justice. - Bryan Stevenson.

My annual viewing of this talk, always with renewed inspiration and determination.

In his book "Think Again," @adamgrant.bsky.social invites us to treat our ideas the way scientists treat their theories: as something to test, refine, and, when the evidence points elsewhere, courageously revise. It’s a mindset shift from protecting what we know to exploring what we might learn.

New York is the San Francisco of legal tech Legal tech is taking over New York City. Harvey and Legora are expanding their office footprints, as Clio hunts for new digs.

"Legal tech skyrocketed this year as corporate clients pushed law firms to use tools that can lower costs and improve results." www.businessinsider.com/new-york-cit...

Neighborhood stroll #HamiltonHeights

NYLPI Mayoral Transition Memo - November 2025 - New York Lawyers for the Public Interest Dear Mayor-Elect Mamdani: Congratulations on your historic election. Founded almost 50 years ago, New York Lawyers for the Public Interest (NYLPI) fights to protect civil rights and achieve lived equa...

Guided by New Yorker's most pressing problems and solutions, New York Lawyers for the Public Interest @nylpi.bsky.social offers recommendations for the incoming mayor, focused on affordability and accessibility. www.nylpi.org/resource/nyl...

This is how do reporting: followed the campaign for 5 months and interviewed him twice, along with around 40 Democratic officials, donors and political insider.

“There’s something about him that makes people want to help him.” - We should all strive to be that kind of person.

Civil Rights Lawyer Bryan Stevenson on How America’s Story Should Be Told

“I don’t want any defendant sitting in my courtroom without counsel. You get back out there in the hallway”
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"I’m a lawyer who has argued before the Supreme Court and I’m still required to laugh at my own humiliation to get justice for my client" - Bryan Stevenson
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/u...

The dawn of the post-literate society And the end of civilisation

"If the reading revolution represented the greatest transfer of knowledge to ordinary men and women in history, the screen revolution represents the greatest theft of knowledge from ordinary people in history." jmarriott.substack.com/p/the-dawn-o...

"We need to restore our imagination...reclaim our vision, constantly ground ourselves in these visions. And we need to be loud and vocal about them all the time." #nonprofit

Leadership Through Common Humanity – Coaching for Leaders Neil Ghosh says, “Never let age or ideology come between learning and growth.” He shares how to build great leadership through our common humanity.

Small actions can deliver great change
Empathy builds resilience
Unity does not require uniformity
Compassion not as a passive idea but a practical strength
Start with acknowledging what someone is feeling
Humanity before dogma

Timely words from Neil Ghosh

coachingforleaders.com/podcast/lead...

Your Cheat Sheet to the 2025 General Elections - Bolts Four contests have come to largely define the 2025 elections: the elections to lead New Jersey, Virginia, and New York City, plus California’s redistricting measure. But there’s so much else... Read M...

NEW: November general elections are around the corner, so it’s time to launch my cheat sheet of what’s on the ballot this fall!

I guide you thru the *185* elections I'm watching, & why: lawmakers, governors, judges, DAs, mayors, school boards, & dozens of ballot measures.

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"When you die there’s either nothing which is fine or there’s something which I happen to believe and if there’s something beyond our death then I cannot think of a greater adventure than finding out what that something is." Remarkable Jane Goodall on a recent podcast. Her grand adventure continues.

So joyful 💕

We need community more than ever to share and to lift each other up. Meetups, conferences, forums are wonderful opportunities to do just that: reconnect with friends, make new ones, learn from each other. And the rich side conversations of shared experiences, genuine inquiry, and exchange of ideas.

Such a wonderful display of respect for a mentor - listening, learning, honoring their legacy. And with such joy and enthusiasm and caring for the communities they serve. This should resonate with everyone across political affiliations.

Evolution of the influencer: "I don't read a lot of journal articles anymore...I read a lot of Substacks and things like that." - Nate Silver

Democracy is built on the idea that the way to change the world around you is to try to change others’ minds. Instead of civic contempt we must show that you change things by changing people. That we can live together despite difference and choose the future together. @anandwrites.bsky.social

It’s not fighting that proves fatal to a relationship. It’s contempt. What America is living through is not just disagreement, division, polarization. It's swelling civic contempt. A culture losing its faith in the democratic method of changing things @anandwrites.bsky.social the.ink/p/who-killed...

Book recommendation: Michael Bungay Stanier's "The Coaching Habit: Say Less, Ask More & Change the Way You Lead Forever," an accessible and actionable read that you can put into practice in your everyday life. We should all have a coaching mindset: as leader, mentor, colleague, friend.

The Strange Beauty of New York’s Bodega Ramps

Amid the relentless chaos of the world around us this piece is a balm for us New Yorkers who still love our city, capturing "deadpan, modest love letters to messy little avatars of the urban compact...that illustrate the care a community shows for its residents." www.nytimes.com/2025/08/13/a...

Opinion | I’m a Therapist. ChatGPT Is Eerily Effective.

Lovely essay from an 81-year old practitioner.

ChatGPT offered an active extension of my thinking process. I became more precise with language, more curious about my own patterns. It didn’t replace my thinking...It gave me a way to re-encounter my own voice. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/01/o...

The Bitter Lesson versus The Garbage Can Does process matter? We are about to find out.

The effort companies spent refining processes and building institutional knowledge might matter less than they think. If AI agents can train on outputs alone, any organization that can define quality might achieve similar results. @emollick.bsky.social www.oneusefulthing.org/p/the-bitter...

Rowboats on the Lake in Central Park

Central Park with my crew. More than ever, we need to be intentional about spending time with our circles and lifting each other up.

Are These the AI Agents Legal Was Looking For? “Agent” is the hottest word in legal tech right now. So why can no one agree on what it means?

Excellent overview and explanation of AI agents, both generally and within the legal context: www.legaltechnologyhub.com/contents/are... by @stephaniewilkins.bsky.social

Remembering Richard Fallon, ‘a pillar of Harvard Law School’ - Harvard Law School Richard H. Fallon, Jr., an eminent scholar in constitutional law, constitutional interpretation, and the federal courts, and a revered member of the Harvard Law community, died July 13.

"He understood that thriving does not mean standing alone but rather helping those around him flourish...I learned there is no more fulfilling job than enriching the lives of others as he did every day." ✨ hls.harvard.edu/today/rememb...

Opinion | Something Extraordinary Is Happening All Over the World

Economic growth is downstream from something important yet intangible: the human desire for flourishing and to set one’s own path in life. Migration is an act of faith, fundamentally, kindled by the fire of human aspiration. @polgreen.bsky.social

www.nytimes.com/2025/01/31/o...

Opinion | The World’s Best and Brightest Are Moving, but Not to America

“Maybe the future is just participation, not belonging. Maybe we’re done putting down roots and we’ll just keep moving.” What does it mean when immigration, in some cases, ceases to be about belonging, but instead is this transactional participating?
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/09/o...