Hey there friends, Since I returned from maternity leave earlier this spring, ideas for Reconsidered have been flying at me left and right. I’m feeling energized by all the potential and possibility — but also wary of overcommitting and spreading our team too thin. That’s where you come in! Whether you’ve been with us since the beginning (that’s eight years, y’all 🤩) or have just joined, I’d love to hear your perspective. We’ve put together a short survey to better understand who’s in our...
about 2 months ago • 4 min read
Hey there change agents, Recently, we asked our LinkedIn community how they're using AI in their sustainable business work. The most common answer? Folks are just getting started. Unsurprising, really. AI can feel intimidating, like it belongs in the tech team’s corner. But I’m intrigued by its potential — not just for solving massive sustainability challenges but also for freeing up the day-to-day frictions that hold us back from delivering our best work. It’s becoming increasingly clear...
2 months ago • 4 min read
Hellooooooo change agents! 👋 It’s good to be back. After a couple months offline on maternity leave, I’m slowly stepping back into the rhythm of work. And wow, what a moment to return to the sustainable business space. Between the chaos wrought by the current U.S. government and its ripple effects across the impact world, the past few months have left many of us asking hard questions about our roles, our relevance and where we go from here. For me, those big-picture questions were paired with...
3 months ago • 5 min read
Hello friends, Signing off for the holidays feels extra meaningful this year, as this will be my last newsletter until the spring. I’m logging off and stepping away from the Reconsidered day-to-day to welcome my second child into the world in January! 🐣 I’m beyond grateful to have a rockstar team in place to “keep the Reconsidered garden blooming” (as our senior strategist so beautifully put it) in the months ahead. Here’s what that will look like: What continues… 👯 Our Change Hub membership...
7 months ago • 7 min read
Hey there change agents 👋 This December in the Change Hub we’re focusing on all things Reflection — because when working in sustainable business, we can spend so much time focusing on what’s ahead that we forget to look back on how far we’ve come (and capture what we’ve learned along the way). I have a few of my own favorite tools and frameworks for year-end reflection (the annual guide in my husband’s AI-powered journaling app topping the list 🙌). But I’m always curious to peek into others’...
7 months ago • 5 min read
I must have started at least 10 drafts of the introduction letter for today’s newsletter. What to say after two weeks of so much loss, frustration and hard truths? My tendency in times of uncertainty is to try to “figure it out” — to apply all my brainpower to examining and analyzing and puzzling out root causes to arrive at a satisfying conclusion (or even better, an actionable solution). But these days, that feels like a brain-breaking effort. That said, of all the essays and critiques and...
8 months ago • 5 min read
Hello friends, Most of our readers are in the United States, which means that one topic is dominating our collective headspace this weekend — Tuesday’s presidential election. As an American living abroad, I’m right there with you. And I’m joined by billions around the world who recognize that the magnitude of the U.S.’s global influence means that this election impacts their lives too. If you’re itching to do something in these last few days before November 5th, I invite you to take action...
9 months ago • 5 min read
During our most recent Book Club meet-up, we unpacked some fascinating behavioral insights from Awe: The New Science of Everyday Wonder and How It Can Transform Your Life by Dacher Keltner. This complex emotion has been identified as one of the most powerful drivers of behavior change, especially in relation to sustainability and climate change. We were curious: what could we learn about its relevance to our professional ambitions to drive change in our organizations — but also our personal...
9 months ago • 5 min read
As a toddler mom with another one on the way, the first few moments of the new “Protect What We Love” short film (shared in today's 5 Links) hit me hard. In two minutes, it captured my “why” for working in the sustainable business space — to do what we can to leave the world better than we found it for our kids and theirs and theirs after. In the wake of a tumultuous few weeks of natural disasters and conflict, this task feels even more urgent. We need to be showing up in our sustainability...
10 months ago • 5 min read