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Designing Away Our Ability to Refuse

By David Werdiger | 1 min read

Remember when phones had a green button to answer and a red one to decline? Now it just says “slide to answer.” No re...

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Being There Is a Choice

By David Werdiger | 1 min read

You’re in a meeting, coffee in hand. Your phone rings. Do you answer it? When we’re face to face with someone, they s...

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Stop Answering Everything

By David Werdiger | 1 min read

Our phones buzz constantly and we feel the urge to respond. But ask yourself: Do you really need to? Unless you’re a ...

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Personality Changes

By David Werdiger | 1 min read

Let me show you how to live a better life WITH techMy handwriting has gone to pot because I barely do it any more Dit...

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Two Walks, One Difference

By David Werdiger | 1 min read

A walk on sabbath is different than a walk during a week.  A walk during the week often feels like a task: a way to c...

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A Sacred Pause at the End of the Week

By David Werdiger | 1 min read

After a crazy week, Friday hit me like a ton of bricks. Taking a minute during the afternoon to look forward to the u...

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Why Inaction Is the Riskiest Choice

By David Werdiger | 1 min read

When it comes to our tech and social media overconsumption addiction, the facts on the ground are changing too fast f...

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What We Owe Our Attention

By David Werdiger | 1 min read

How do you characterize your ‘relationship’ with your phone? Philosophers are describing our phones as parasites! Ini...

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Imagine there’s no cellphone

By David Werdiger | 1 min read

And now for something completely different … From the last person you’d expect to write a poem! And with apologies to...

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A friend who observes the Sabbath said something to me recently that hasn't left my head:

"A day without the phone is better than a holiday with it."

No notifications. No scrolling. No half-presence while your mind is somewhere else. Just one day, fully here.

We spend so much

The biggest mistake in succession planning?

Assuming the baton can be handed off when the time comes.

Great transitions happen long before the handoff.

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