Wise Economy Workshop

09/30/2025

🚫 Toxic workplaces cost more than you think.

Workers—especially women—are willing to trade higher pay for safety and respect. Companies that ignore this? They pay the price in turnover, wages, and lost trust.

The future of work is clear:
✨ Hostility-free workplaces aren’t optional—they’re essential.
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09/09/2025

Innovation isn’t optional anymore.

We’re navigating systems that weren’t built for the challenges ahead — and we can’t afford to keep using old models to solve new problems.

Everybody Innovates Here is for leaders, communities, and teams rethinking how innovation really happens — and who gets to lead it.

Thanks to Isaac Kremer for this thoughtful review.

📘 Learn more or get a copy: https://wisefoolpressbooks.com/everybody-innovates-here/

09/08/2025

Innovation doesn’t happen in isolation.

The best results come when people with different experiences, skills, and perspectives work together — intentionally.

Everybody Innovates Here is about building systems that make that possible.

It’s for teams, communities, and leaders who are ready to rethink how innovation really works.

📘 Learn more: https://wisefoolpressbooks.com/everybody-innovates-here/

09/04/2025

Innovation isn’t just a buzzword.
It’s how we survive systems that weren’t built for the work ahead.

Everybody Innovates Here looks at why our current approaches aren’t enough—and what a more intentional, inclusive infrastructure for innovation actually takes.

For:
⚙️ Teams that feel stuck
💡 Real-world innovators
🤫 Quiet problem-solvers

The stakes are high. But we’re not starting from scratch.

📘 Learn more: https://wisefoolpressbooks.com/everybody-innovates-here/

08/28/2025

When we think of innovation, we’re told to picture big tech, flashy labs, or billion-dollar startups.
But that’s not the full story.

Innovation is already happening — in barber shops, at kitchen tables, in school gyms, and in quiet libraries. It’s in the ways people listen, learn, and solve problems together.

The truth? Everybody innovates. And the future we need starts by recognizing and supporting that.

📘 Everybody Innovates Here by Della Rucker invites us to rethink innovation — not as disruption alone, but as inclusion, trust, and people working side by side.

Learn more: https://wisefoolpressbooks.com/everybody-innovates-here/

07/03/2025

Real talk: the best ideas come when generations listen to each other. 🧠✨

If you're young, grab lunch with someone older. If you're older, go learn from someone young. Then high five — you just made the world better.

DeMarco Cannon of Studio 107 Media is living proof that future-ready leadership blends wisdom across generations.

🎥 Full convo here: https://youtu.be/K6jGbpYONnY

07/01/2025

I work with some amazing people — and DeMarco Cannon of Studio 107 is one of the most forward-thinking. 🧠✨

We talked about what it really means to build a future-ready business, and how Studio 107 is doing just that.

🎥 Watch the full interview: https://youtu.be/K6jGbpYONnY

06/26/2025

I’ve watched Studio 107 grow from the outside — now I finally got the inside story with Cannon.

They’re not just creating great work, they’re building a whole new way of doing it. 🚀

Watch the full interview here: https://youtu.be/K6jGbpYONnY

06/24/2025

Future-ready economic development means tapping into the full creativity and innovation of our communities.

Swathi Ghosh of the New Growth Innovation Network (NGIN) is helping lead the way — building more resilient, inclusive, and innovative economies.

06/20/2025

Old systems thrived on secrecy. That doesn’t work anymore.

We’re living in the Panopticom now—where the curtains are pulled back, and control through silence is breaking down.

Here’s what we explored in a recent issue:
📉 The illusion of control is fading
📣 Loud budgeting = financial empowerment
📊 Real resilience starts with data, not guesswork
🤖 And the black box of AI? We’re cracking it open.

The future belongs to the ones who see clearly, speak loudly, and build intentionally.
🧠 Ready to rewrite the rules?
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Principal, Wise Economy Workshop & co- founder, Econogy. Author, Crowdsourcing Wisdom &Local Economy Revolution & more. Mom. Cincinnati.

06/19/2025

Every community has a unique story — and how you can best get your story across changes over time.

In my conversation with Cecilia Harry of SizeUp, we touched on just that — the power of data and storytelling in shaping stronger communities.

Has your storytelling gotten better, or stagnated? Drop a note to learn how WEW can help!

06/17/2025

Breakthroughs don’t come from control. They come from play.

Real innovation happens when we give ourselves space—to explore, to heal, to make a mess. Whether it’s rewiring the brain after trauma or turning kitchen tools into wild backyard experiments, the pattern is the same:
✨ Creativity needs room to move.

In this issue of Future Here Now:
🧠 Neuroplasticity as a tool for real transformation
🎨 Why messy creativity outperforms polished productivity
💥 And how Big Tech might be holding innovation back—not pushing it forward

If you’re ready to rethink what progress really looks like…
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