To understand how we get out of our collective world mess, we need to understand what technology lock-in is and how it relates to market power and establishment forces. Give me a few minutes.

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Connect The Dots - Technology Lock - In (Give Me A Few Minutes)

Ever feel like you're living an episode (or season) of the Twilight Zone? This is how I've felt for months - not just the last few, but before the election, too. How have we come to this? And how do we get out of this? Give me a few minutes.

Connect The Dots - Living In The Twilight Zone (Give Me A Few Minutes)

The Left is losing its touch. For an ideology that is focused on tolerance and open-mindedness, the Left's Resistance movement seems to be so focused on reacting to Trump and the GOP, that it's forgetting how to listen to others to be better influencers. The Right, for its part, is so greedy with its power, that it's already shooting itself in the foot. Give me a few minutes.

Connect The Dots - The Left Is Losing Its Touch (Give Me A Few Minutes)

When conservatives speak, they hear a different message than what liberals hear. When liberals speak, they hear a different message than what conservatives hear. Did Donald Trump call Mexicans murderers and rapists OR did he highlight a border security issue? Understanding this linguistics gap is crucial to 1) influencing the other side, and 2) building up our understanding of the problem from ALL angles... Give me a few minutes.

Connect The Dots - The Linguistics Gap that Explains Trump (Give Me A Few Minutes)

Will the liberal backlash be strong enough to take back full control of Congress in 2018 or 2020? Will the Right destroy its own chances to have majority control of the government for a generation? Will the anti-establishment movement continues... My predictions? Give me a few minutes.

Connect The Dots - Predictions For 2018 And 2020 (Give Me A Few Minutes)

Generally speaking, conservatives tend to prioritize the Constitution and Religion over human rights, equality, and justice. While Liberals tend to prioritize human rights, equality, and justice over the Constitution and Religion... With 51% of Trump supporters believing that the President should have the right to override the Courts, are we now seeing a flip of the script? Give me a few minutes.

Connect The Dots - Conservatives & Liberals Are Flipping The Script (Give Me A Few Minutes)

The amount of discord between the Left and the Right with the election of Donald Trump. Progressives can achieve far more by moving beyond panicking. Everyone can achieve far more by moving beyond bickering. It's not one ideology or another that's correct - no ideology will ever win (at least not in our lifetime). So the question becomes, how can transform our current emotions into productive action that strengthen our democracy and moves toward post-ideological politics? There's a clear way forward. Give me a few minutes.

Connect The Dots - How Panicking & Bickering Destroys Our Democracy (Give Me A Few Minutes)

Progressives have seen nothing but negativity in the election of Donald Trump. He's not a progressive, but there are some very likely positives that will come from Trump's election for the progressive cause... if people see the potential possibilities and focus on making them real. Give me a few minutes.

Connect The Dots - How Progressives Can Find The Positive (Give Me A Few Minutes)

If management is a science, then leadership is most certainly the art... but like the martial arts, leadership can be learned, practiced, and improved. Yet, we don't do enough in business, government, or community organizations to develop our leaders. Instead, we rely too much on a top-down authoritative structure that is killing our society and our democracy. Give me a few minutes.

Connect The Dots - Good Leadership Is Hard To Find (Give Me A Few Minutes)

There's no doubt that free market principles deliver incredibly value to the consumer and to the ownership of the prevailing businesses. However, the consolidation of market power produces troubling realities with no easy solution. Amazon is an example of such market power, producing incredibly value for consumers, but reducing jobs and increasing difficulty for disruption. That doesn't need to be a bad thing, but it requires a frank discussion and a return to a familiar concept. Give me a few minutes.

Connect The Dots - Amazon And Consolidation Of Market Power (Give Me A Few Minutes)

In a previous episode, I talk about the need to talk about politics differently. What are some ways to make that real and act on that concept? Give me a few minutes

Connect The Dots - Tips On How To Talk Politics (Give Me A Few Minutes)

Have you noticed the trend in the way we talk about politics these days? Have you noticed how every conversation seems to take an our-team-vs-their team approach? We have to change this. Here's why. Give me a few minutes.

Connect The Dots - The New Way To Talk Politics (Give Me A Few Minutes)

Why did Donald Trump beat Hillary Clinton? It may have less to do with either candidate than the pundits would like you to believe. In fact, it may have more to do with a growing gap between leaders and communities both in and beyond government at all levels. Give me a few minutes.

Connect The Dots - The Gap Between Leaders And Communities (Give Me A Few Minutes)

We live in a country where 1 in 5 children go to bed hungry every night and 200,000 veterans are homeless. Our presidential debates should be smart, fun, funny, collaborative, introspective -- and they're far from that. Our population engages with their government once every 2-4 years, if they vote at all. We are not living in a democracy. Our democracy is an illusion. Give me a few minutes.

Connect The Dots - Our Democracy Is An Illusion (Give Me A Few Minutes)

The left-right mindset defines a lot of our conversations today. The echo chambers and bubbles of each side operate in the left-center and the right-center, but the further left/right you get in your politics, the more they become very similar. The left-right mindset entraps us, and we need to break free of it. Give me a few minutes.

Connect The Dots - Left Right Mindset (Give Me A Few Minutes)

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