In this episode we discuss: – The new race to space by billionaires Richard Branson, Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk. Is “space tourism” really a lofty objective for all those $$ billions? – The 2020 Tokyo Olympics (taking place in 2021 of course).

In this episode, John Danner and I discuss the importance of experimentation to drive innovation and change, and the role that having a healthy relationship with failure has in the way we process the outcomes of all of these experiments, and especially business experiments.

In this episode: – Mark raises America’s embarrassing, ongoing failing infrastructure, with some suggestions on how to pay for it. Not necessarily tax increases, but rather equitable tax reform. – John discusses several failures at drug company Johnson & Johnson relating to their vaccine, from the manufacturing contamination issue to the on-again/off-again/on-again approval.

Just published the current episode of our 10-minute “Other ‘F’ Word” podcast based on John’s and my book of the same name, on how to turn failure to success.

Check out Episode 4 of "The Other 'F' Word" podcast. John and I discuss Kobe Bryant's helicopter crash, Jeff Bezos stepping back from the CEO role, and the "Goldilocks-zone" for checklists (= just right). Is there a failure in the making at Amazon? Do you know how to optimize YOUR checklists? Join us for 10 minutes to find out our take.

Boeing has been in freefall for awhile now (“freefall” is probably a bad analogy for an aviation company), and this week announced their biggest loss ever and yet another delay in their space program and in the launch of their next big jet. In our latest Other F Word podcast, John and I dissect what went wrong, what to learn from it, and what we would recommend they do. Plus John riffs on the concept of “gravity” and how he can be used as a “force for good.”

I just published episode #2 (!!) of the "Other 'F' Word Podcast," where my co-author John Danner and I discuss/dissect/disagree re: current failures, what we can learn from them, and how to bounce back and improve. All in about 10 minutes. This week's topics: New Years' Resolutions; the insurrection and riots in Washington, and the botched painfully slow COVID vaccine rollout. Check it out on YouTube, with expanded distribution coming soon.

I just launched a new podcast based on my book "The Other 'F' Word," co-authored with my UC Berkeley colleague John Danner. And we cohost the podcast as well. We figured if NOW wasn't a good time to learn from our collective failures (goodbye and good riddance 2020), there might never be such a time. Check it out.