As someone who writes a lot about creativity, I am now being asked frequently, “What will creativity look like in the age of AI?” Here is one possibility, one that I’m personally embracing: the activity of intellectual curation. Intellectual curation is the deliberate practice of gathering, selecting, juxtaposing, interrogating, and recombining existing ideas, using artificial…
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The Nigerian Woman Who Did Not Want Children
When personal conviction collides with communal definitions of womanhood
When personal conviction collides with communal definitions of womanhood
The Salaryman Who Could No Longer Endure the Office
When loyalty, endurance, and belonging become sources of suffering
When loyalty, endurance, and belonging become sources of suffering
What If It Isn’t Impostor Syndrome?
She had been exposed as a beginner.
She had been exposed as a beginner.
The Daughter Who Was Supposed to Become a Doctor
An Indian-American woman caught between family loyalty and personal ambition
An Indian-American woman caught between family loyalty and personal ambition
The Woman Who Had Become Too Good at Her Life
“I’ve always been nice,” she said. “Maybe I’m running out of nice.”
“I’ve always been nice,” she said. “Maybe I’m running out of nice.”
A New Kind of Helper
We want to develop helpers capable of entering complicated human situations without prematurely reducing, diagnosing, fixing, or simplifying them.
We want to develop helpers capable of entering complicated human situations without prematurely reducing, diagnosing, fixing, or simplifying them.
He Said He Was a Sex Addict
You might decide that description is useful.
You might decide that description is useful.
Could You Become a Human Experience Specialist?
You may be drawn to this work if you are deeply curious about how human beings work.
You may be drawn to this work if you are deeply curious about how human beings work.
She Wanted to Wring Her Husband’s Neck
Paul had a problem with time. Ellen had a problem with Paul having a problem with time.
Paul had a problem with time. Ellen had a problem with Paul having a problem with time.
The Questions That Open a Life
A good question loosens them just enough for another possibility to become visible.
A good question loosens them just enough for another possibility to become visible.
She Said ADHD Was Keeping Her From Selling Her Jewelry
“I know exactly what I should be doing,” she said. “I just can't make myself do it.”
“I know exactly what I should be doing,” she said. “I just can’t make myself do it.”
Accompaniment: The Art of Not Taking Over
It requires patience, judgment, restraint, courage, and a willingness to remain present in uncertainty.
It requires patience, judgment, restraint, courage, and a willingness to remain present in uncertainty.
The Young Mother Who Wanted to Run Away
Something about the architecture of Laura's life was becoming visible.
Something about the architecture of Laura’s life was becoming visible.
What Actually Happens in a Human Experience Specialist Conversation?
The presenting problem is an entrance, not the destination.
The presenting problem is an entrance, not the destination.
The Retired Surgeon Who No Longer Knew Who He Was
“Nobody needs me anymore.”
“Nobody needs me anymore.”