by Whitney | Aug 30, 2013 | health, personal
My husband recently decided to order a genetic screening kit from 23 and Me. He’s a physician and does a lot of medical research, looking for ways to prevent preterm birth and other illness in women. Since they do more and more genetic screening on patients,...
by Whitney | Aug 23, 2012 | Uncategorized
How much of politics is about Branding? Before getting into this, let’s talk about the influence of brands in our lives. One of my favorite quotes from Ze Frank defines a Brand as “The emotional aftertaste after a set of experiences.” Whether...
by Whitney | Apr 29, 2010 | books, business, community, economics, education, Uncategorized
One of my favorite concepts from all of those years studying biology was the concept of the niche. An organism or creature finds a spot where the competition isn’t too intense, and raw materials they can work with, and decides to set up shop. They work with...
by Whitney | Dec 4, 2009 | books, business, education
I just finished reading Malcolm Gladwell’s latest book, What The Dog Saw. Unlike The Tipping Point, Blink, or Outliers, which are basically “single” ideas expanded into book form, What The Dog Saw is a collection of Gladwell’s remarkable...
by Whitney | Nov 8, 2009 | Uncategorized
In reading Malcolm Gladwell’s “What The Dog Saw”, and watching his interview on WNYC talking about how someone lifted part of piece he wrote in the New Yorker as part of a larger Broadway play, I’ve been rethinking my approach to idea...
