Future Cities to be Biomimetic
Cambridge University bioengineer Michelle Oyen is studying how to make future cities biomimetic. Her work is focused on the mechanical properties of biological materials. One […]
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Nature’s Gears: A First
Mechanical gears, we typically think, have their roots in engineering. Well, it turns out that nature has gears too: they have been discovered in the […]
Continue reading »McKinsey: Four Key Leadership Behaviors
At Alchemus Prime, we take a behavioral approach to, well, everything. So, encountering recent research from McKinsey that talks about four critical leadership behaviors was music […]
Continue reading »Water: Bruce Lee’s Biomimicry
On the Alchemus Prime website, we have a note about how we serve clients: We help our clients become more like water: accepting, adapting to, and flowing […]
Continue reading »Celebrating Nature’s Patterns
I recently read an interview that the Smithsonian did with author and scientist Philip Ball about his new book, Patterns in Nature: Why the Natural World […]
Continue reading »Earth Champions: Book Signing
My books are expressions of how to achieve authentic leadership through Alchemus Prime’s science-based Diamond model. After the launch of Food of Love, One Friend, and most recently, […]
Continue reading »Earth Champions: Book Launch
This post serves to launch my third book; my second anthology of poetry. Called Earth Champions, it documents the journeys of authentic leaders who seek to […]
Continue reading »Biomimicry for Social Innovation Website Launch
Last April I participated in the inaugural Biomimicry Thinking for Social Innovation Immersion Workshop. I met colleagues who became my professional tribe. Now, a year […]
Continue reading »Harvesting Water through Biomimicry
Scientists are working hard to address the interrelated challenges of climate change and water scarcity – climate change worsens water scarcity, and in turn water shortages […]
Continue reading »Biomimcry: Emulating the Penis
Studying biomimicry is fun. Don’t believe me? Well, I get to write this article! 
Engineers and scientists have been studying the mammalian penis for […]