Don Owens

Opinions are my own and do not represent those of the companies or organizations I serve within.

The Lost Tools of Learning

Why would we make Facebook responsible for managing news sources, censoring posts, or for that matter defining reality? Is it not an...

Rodin's Thinker is Pondering the Infinite

Musee Rodin in Paris is a visual delight and provides the quintessential opportunity to stroll and reflect as many hope to do on their...

When a Staff Member Disappoints Us

Some of the most frustrating moments in our work come from a revelation of bad actions from someone in whom we greatly invested. After...

Terminate Those Who Take The Seat of Honor

The most dangerous people in your organization are those who take the seat of honor. What is the seat of honor? Physically, it may be the...

A Packraft is Expanding My World

I finished my meeting with a reinsurance partner in Keene, New Hampshire and was headed back to my hotel in Manchester. The end of June...

Lessons From The Most Famous Climber

My climbing adventures included a fifty foot fall from a cliff, that somehow I survived. A friend who watched me fall later said, "I...

“The Machine Stops” Holding Tech in Check

A vast amount of technological invasion is now accepted by the average person with little thought of how the tech they invite dehumanizes...

The Dependable Predecessors of the Tech Superheroes

Last week the Wall Street Journal called for the death of the Tech Superhero, citing the missteps of demigod entrepreneurs such as...