Media Archives - John Rogers

Has This Pandemic Changed How You View Time?

by John Rogers | Jul 24, 2020 | Media

“What is a week-end?” As the humorous line in British series Downton Abbey reminds us, the Industrial Revolution brought about more than machines: it fundamentally altered how society perceived time on a mass level. Weekends came into existence. It was the start of...

Why I’d like to start a movement to educate people on how to think holistically, and then validate facts

by John Rogers | Jul 16, 2020 | Media

Democracy is in peril because people don’t know what to believe anymore, and because they don’t know what to believe, they accept whatever’s presented to and convenient for them. That means we don’t have an understanding of common truth and fact, and democracies...

Why Every Leader Needs to Become a Campaign Manager

by John Rogers | Jul 10, 2020 | Media

Now, more than ever, we have to figure out how to get stuff done and how to be smart about it. Both professionally and personally, our lives will inevitably change moving forward, the only certainty is that we must be ready to face it. Thinking differently is part of...

Post Crisis Business Ideas: Create New Ways of Thinking With a Mixed Table

by John Rogers | Jun 18, 2020 | Media

“Two heads are better than one,” is an axiom for a reason. In today’s specialized world, we are encouraged to have a laser focus on our individual areas of expertise. Although such specialization is a critical component of our education system; there is a high risk of...

The Leadership Podcast: Prisoners of Our Own Perspective

by John Rogers | Jun 10, 2020 | Media

I recently had the privilege to join the wonderful team over at The Leadership Podcast to discuss leadership and a slew of other topics. Here are some of the takeaways, along with the full recording below. The Leadership Podcast – We Study Leaders · TLP206:...

How the Coronavirus Could Lead to a New Renaissance

by John Rogers | May 28, 2020 | Media

The future has never been guaranteed. Even so, we’ve taken it for granted, and have avoided preparing in government, our businesses, and society in general. We tend to “work in,” not “work on,” managing too many crises and tasks to tackle the tough questions about the...