It starts with the people who transform the culture of how we work. The United States has the potential to become one of the healthiest places to live, work, thrive, and enjoy a meaningful life. As a White House Presidential Innovation Fellow, my mission is centered in the “health” of how we work together, better. I design new approaches that cultivate a more…

Mindful leaders design work experiences — especially collaborative ones that build new organizational competencies — to improve data-driven decision making. — Note: use of the terms “data” and “information” are used interchangeably to represent the same concept. My grandma didn’t have the best memory. Towards the end of her life, I would visit her every week or two and help her with things on her to do list: drive to a…

When we work together, we save time, money, and most importantly, lives. — Let’s re-imagine the potential of our spaces so we can learn how to work together, better. There’s this Talking Heads song that has omnipresence in my life. This Must Be the Place has a timeless energy that wraps around you with a portable home-like feeling. It’s cozy. It’s uplifting. And in 4 minutes and 56 seconds, no matter what I’m doing or where I’m at, hearing…

People are at the center of our government. — An easily forgotten fact: everyday people are at the core of how our government works. Oftentimes, government can feel more like a complicated, theatrical performance rather than a hardworking community of people with good intentions. Day to day, we, the people, make government complex. Making that government more accessible, or modernizing it, is less about ignoring the entanglements that our people dynamics can create and…