The Latest Super South Insights, Innovations and Impact

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Optimism Amid the Tumult

It’s an awkward time to be an optimist. Over the past few weeks, the world has struggled under a barrage of bad news. Economic uncertainty, climate pressure, constant conflict on a global scale; there’s a real feeling of instability, a lack of belief in a better future for us all….

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Destroying Is Easy, Building Is Hard. Let’s Build Anyway.

The Moment Values Turn into Movement What does it mean to be a good person in 2026? There used to be a kind of benign positive value in passive acquiescence, not rocking the boat or baiting the bear. Causing friction was seen as a negative thing. Dinners among folks with…

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Creating America’s Vision Board

America has an attention problem. 40% of Americans didn’t read a single book last year—which comes as less of a surprise when you realize that over half of us read at below a sixth grade reading level. Go to the comments section on any controversial news article and you’ll see…

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Why Super South Matters Now

The political headwinds of our current moment make talking about progress feel a little, well, Panglossian. Pollyannaish, you might even say. A new year brings a sense of urgency, pressure and rapid change as the project of American progress faces a reckoning. It’s against this backdrop that we find ourselves…

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A Green Lining to Tariff Tumult? Slowing America’s Shopping Addiction.

There hasn’t been a lot of good news coming out of Trump’s onslaught of tariffs. While there’s been a great deal of back and forth on if/when and how the tariffs will be implemented, one thing’s clear: the market isn’t happy and neither are many of the American people, nearly…

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Circularity is Lean 2.0

The Next Systematic Competitive Advantage After introducing Circudynamics last week, I’ve been asked by several readers about the business case for circular transformation. Leaders want to understand not just the methodology, but why they should invest precious resources in what many see as sustainability theater. That’s why I’m writing my…

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