The Story Economy Blog

I came of age in the 1980s, and although I wasn’t afraid of big hair, I was quite afraid of computers. Let me rephrase: I was afraid of looking stupid because I didn’t understand computers. One day in fourth grade, Ms. Topmiller told us we were so…

I’ve spent a pretty sizeable chunk of the last week inside a hospital room. My dad fell a few weeks ago (why do Kettelers keep falling?), which led to complications. There were some days of serious crankiness, but he’s doing well now and will…

I just spent two days with the most fantastic people—clients of mine I’m collaborating with on a project. I knew the shell of their story before I met them in person. But I didn’t know about the risk part (not really). You can’t get a sense of…

One of the best examples of Art Deco architecture is right here in my hometown of Cincinnati. Union Terminal (home of the Cincinnati Museum Center), completed in the early 1930s, is a curvaceous deco piece of loveliness. (I might be slightly biased…

The summer after I graduated from college, I studied for six weeks in London. I have many vivid memories of the jet-lagged bus ride from Gatwick Airport to our dorms at Kings College, and one of them is seeing huge billboards of Tom Cruise’s face,…