Which Way Is North

Good writing is about having a perspective. Great writing is about taking a journey that shows how a perspective can change. That's why the word 'journey' is at the heart of 'journalism'. Hear from the perspective of writer, publisher, editor, and cultural figure, Bob Guccione Jr who ran some of the biggest print magazines of the 1990s and found himself at the center of all manner of controversy i...

Chris Denson teaches innovation with more clarity than anyone I know. He is marketer, multimedia host, bestselling author, former stand-up comic, and creator of Visionology, a coaching method for individuals and teams in the innovation economy. He has spent his career building better companies, launching new ideas, and giving rise to cultural tastemakers through awe-inspired experiences, content,...

The funny thing about being born is that we humans...are not ready. Yet, every aspect of what makes an infant human so uniquely vulnerable compared to others in the animal kingdom leads to the very strengths that make us human. Contraction is the operating concept of birth. This episode is a meditation on the concept of contraction as expansion following my experience of becoming a parent, specifi...

There’s a question keeping the scientists up at night.    Are we aligned?   You’ve most certainly heard of alignment before. Maybe from an auto mechanic talking about your tires. Maybe you heard your chiropractor mutter something about aligning your spine before cracking your neck. Or maybe you’ve got some core childhood memories of your mother, eyebrows raised, asking “are we aligned?” at the end...

Change is a constant. I remember learning this very young, but what life has taught me since that I didn't expect is that change doesn't just happen constantly on the outside, it also happens constantly on the inside. Just as much as your circumstances change, who you are as a person changes with them. Just as much as the people, the environment, the events in your life continue to evolve and unfo...

Culture is the output of community. Few people understand what this means better than our next guest, Jenny Boyd. To explain who Jenny is, it's best to actually just read the bio from the jacket of her book, Icons of Rock. It reads, "Jenny Boyd is a former 60s model and the younger sister of Patty Boyd, who was married to George Harrison and Eric Clapton. Married to Mick Fleetwood twice. Jenny has...

How do you get to the place where knowledge is power, when so much information is poison? Well, it starts with how you start your day. How quickly do you reach for your phone and start scrolling through the feeds? At which step from bed to bathroom to kitchen to stepping out in the world do you tune into the news?

I was at a gathering recently at the home of our next guest where someone said something so stimulating to my ears. They said, "a wizard knows the hidden paths." That was really interesting to me because this event itself was what could best be described as a 'gathering of wizards.'   Now, 'wizard' is a term that has been eclipsed in recent years by the term 'shaman.' When people are trying to des...

What you're about to hear is an intimate search for humanity. In particular, it's a lot of me trying to understand the feminine part of humanity. This conversation took place at the very end of my almost decade run playing my role in building Reddit into the business that we know today.   On my very last day, I had taken a trip to London to speak at an event in Soho, and my last words as an employ...

See the best in each other, get the best in each other. That's the simple principle at the core of the Which Way is North podcast. Join me and my guests in a search for our humanity as we do what humans do best...talk.   This episode shares an overview of the seven questions structure of the podcast along with some stories about the podcast's creation and intention. As you listen, think about how...

Where does creativity come from? The answer is unique for each of us—our True North—and this book that inspired this podcast will help you find yours. As artificial intelligence gains an increasing foothold in our work and our lives, the need to find and maintain our uniquely human creativity is growing more urgent. This guide will ensure that you stay on course as you navigate through the complex...