Ariane’s Blog
A place to explore, embrace & make change happen
Are You a Change Optimist?
I’ve been thinking a lot about optimism this week. I recently met Laurence Shorter, who spent the last two years searching the planet for the most optimistic people he could find. He’s compiling his findings and interviews in a book that...
Welcome to the Chumby
Innovation and new products are some of my favorite types of changes. One of the guys on the First30Days team brought a new product to my attention—the Chumby. Here’s what he has to say: It's the niftiest gadget I've bought since the very...
Women Driving for a Change
It came as a surprise to me last night, to find out there are places in the world where women are not allowed to drive. In Saudi Arabia, for example, women are banned from driving in the cities. This week, one woman—Wajeha Al-Huwaider—...
Changes in Safety and Security
A post from my travels... I am in Switzerland skiing with family, and I’ve noticed something interesting: Everyone is buying and wearing helmets this year! Intrigued, I did a bit of asking around and yes, shops have sold more helmets this...
Quantum Moments
I was thinking the other day about the moments in my life when everything shifted for me—when I made a choice that took me in a radically different direction. The first thing I thought of was my decision to leave the corporate world, getting...
Billionaires of Change
As you can imagine, friends often email me quotes on change and articles that mention change. Yesterday I received an article from Forbes on the World’s Billionaires. Apparently, there’s a lot of change going on in the world of billionaires...
Good Versus Evil
At the TED conference, Phil Zimbardo, professor and author of The Lucifer Effect: How Good People Turn Evil, addressed the questions: Will evil prevail? What makes people change and go wrong? He talked about asking the right questions when something...
