While on my birthday trip to Tanzania, our guide took us to give solar lights to a Maasai village. It was a really special moment on our safari that really caused me to reflect on the way that I show up in the world and how I show up for others.

It’s not enough to throw up a new profile picture or use a hashtag on a post. We need to rethink how we approach cause awareness. Learn how we can come together to ensure these campaigns truly make a difference.

As AI continues to advance, it’s imperative that we educate the next generation on how to use it confidently and responsibly.  Learn how integrating these tools into school curricula can help  prepare kids for the future.

There are very few things that unite us these days, but the Powerball is one of them. No matter who we are or where we come from, we will find the money to take our shot.

Why? When the odds are an astounding 1 in 292.2 million to hit the big one? We are investing in an opportunity to dream.

It all started when I heard about an author named Jerry Craft having his book New Kid banned from schools for forwarding the ideas of Critical Race Theory. Around the same time, I started following as many interesting people outside of my own demographic and echo chamber as I could to try to listen with a curious mind and open heart.

The pandemic brought us many difficult issues, but I believe the Great Resignation is not one of them. Rather, it is a magnificent light of hope and opportunity that will change not just our work but also our world to produce impacts that will echo decades into the future.

In addition to being Disability Awareness Month, and Breast Cancer Awareness Month, October is also Domestic Violence Awareness Month and Mental Health Awareness Month. What do all of these things have in common? They are silent.

Once Kim Kardashian had amassed a following of millions she leveled up her impact by using her platform for important causes like prison reform. Consider this… What if you could also level up your impact?

When my daughter was in Pre-K, I was inspired to write an article about her excitement learning that she was part African American during Black History Month. In 2015, after the shooting in Ferguson, I reposted that article. Here are some tough lessons I learned about myself since I wrote that article.

With graduation week upon us, I have been thinking about what is next for the young adults like my son, who face an obstacle to traditional employment they never planned for: a pandemic.

It all started when we first went into lockdown for “The COVID”.  We were away from home when my eight-year-old lost a tooth. She wrote a note to the Tooth Fairy and tucked it under her pillow. I was so caught up in current events, I forgot. Enter my friend Alicia aka “Tooth Fairy Hotline”. 

I sent an article to one of my mentors for his advice, expecting him to maybe give me a few edits. Instead, I got a rewrite and he basically said, “This is full of words that only people in your space would really understand. Why are you writing for the echo chamber?”

I got an interesting message from an old colleague this weekend.  It said, “So, what’s up with all the posts on data ownership, #My31 and Hu-manity.co? I thought clinical research was your cause?”  

For my birthday I am not going to ask for donations for a cause. I am going to ask that you and yours take one simple action to toast my birthday with health, wealth and happiness. In no order of priority, here are some free things you can do today to make the world a better place and reimagine the future:

Everyone is wondering what that next big thing is in the gig economy and the answer is both exciting and transformative.  The new gig economy will be the monetization of your personal data.

At Cannes, PulsePoint launched the #IChooseHealth campaign alongside a health marketing credo as a rallying cry for anyone hoping to help people find answers, solve challenges, and get better. It’s a declaration of commitment to being the best health marketer that one can, to succeeding the right way, to following 5 core values.

Advancing health literacy, access, and data rights/ownership are foundational elements to unlocking the clinical trial acceleration challenge.  For far to long we have failed to address these root cause issues, instead focusing our energies on marginal improvements to outdated patient recruitment techniques.