Weaver & Loom

In the gates of ancient cities lawsuit and disputes would be heard, laws would be passed, and judgment would be upheld. 

Creating clear rules, cultural norms, expectations and consequences are import…

In the city gates of ancient cities, Kings would make appearances and give speeches, casting vision, making royal decrees, and having a personal touch point with the people she, or he, was leading. 

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City gates were a place of celebration.

Are you celebrating your cultural constitution, role models, icons, ideal behaviors in your life, or organization?

Celebration is critical to weaving a stron…

If you want to build a cultural frame work. If you want to be a boundaried individual, family or business--you need to know your story, and create memorial to those defining stories so that you will …

Sacred Spaces, or religion ceremonies, was the first of seven core function that would happen in the gates of ancient cities. 

Sacred spaces to not merely mean "organized religion beliefs" but it is …

Defining a culture of a nation, city, brand, family, or person is not random. There are specific areas that must be defined and defended to maintain the integrity of any individual or organizations o…

Pop/Liberal Culture and ideology loves the idea of BRIDGES...

Why? Because bridges means NO BOUNDARIES which then places control into the hand of those who desire to shape society for their own power…

One of my favorite books of all time is "Franny and Zooey" by JD Salinger, in which Franny says, "I wish I had the courage to become an absolute nobody."

Do you have the courage?  You should.

Until n…

Troy had great walls that defended them again the Greeks for 10 years.

Then, one day, they opened the gates and welcomed in their doom.

Are you letting in your certain demise? 

Until next time...

Tha…

Business  . . . brands . . . no, PEOPLE, forget that what they are making is very different from what they are selling. 

What are you selling? It is what people are buying? Because all people BUY the…

Truth is the most hated and fear thing in all of history. It will kill you if you aren't careful... but without it you will be lost forever.

Truth opens the door to wisdom, understanding, destiny, an…

Arachne beats the goddess Athena . . . and pays for it.

That is the myth . . . but the story but might as well be called propaganda to keep women oppressed, the truth silent, and everyone average. 

T…

Good news. After returning from my travels I finally got back to work creating fresh content. 

Bad news.I got STUCK. Felt like quitting.

Great news! I got UNSTUCK.

Best news, is as a result I'm launc…

A few months ago I asked who I should interview and multiple people said MOEFLOOD. One thing lead to another and Mohammed and I were sitting down together in Denver Colorado for an interview. (Which …

Part two of a two part episode with Chirag, founder of Amaeya FM the first podcast network in the UAE, as we hit on . . . 

• Expectations of how quickly you should monetize  
• The business of podcastin…

First of a two part episode with Chirag, founder of Amaeya FM the first podcast network in the UAE, as we hit on . . . 

• how the 24 hr news cycle and 30 sec sound bites are ruining you
• True customers…

Branden Polk returns to discuss 

• Racial Privilege
• Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)
• Relationship over programs
• Tolerance
• Post Modern Identity Politics
• Living in the white hot center
• Thinking for…

Life is more than the number of followers we have on social media, but we can quickly get caught up in vanity metrics.

Altamash opens up about the dark side of being an "influencer" and the lies and …

Altamash ( @ALJVD ) stops by shares his experience of stepping out of investment banking to pursue his passion of photography.

Along the way we argue about climate change (finally some disagreement…

Derek Khan, celebrity stylist, fashionista and ex-con started from humble beginning in Trinidad, climbed to the top of the fashion world as a celebrity stylist and TV presenter.

Derek unfolds his dra…