Special thanks for the recognition. It is, sadly, a book for this moment. Learn how institutions can become trauma responsive. Help teachers help our students succeed. Book available as ebook and PB @Amazon and @tcpress.

Check out my convo with FreshBooks Matthew Baker as he takes PYMNTS through the findings on how entrepreneurs operate.

A strategy for connecting kids in a time of COVID when some schools reopen in person. Try it. Share thoughts (non-snarky please).

More and more people of all ages are exhibiting negative feelings. We are noticing, based on recent studies, a growth in mental health issues. Try The Feeling Alphabet Activity Set, co-authored with Dr. Ed Wang of Harvard Medical School. It has activities, games, strategies and approaches for naming feelings; unless you can name them (the positive and negative ones), you cannot tame them. $4.99 for download at https://lnkd.in/eQRjuET . Bulk download pricing available for use with groups. Key here is this works: and there is an introduction we co-authored that is worth reading -- in any case -- whether you use the activities or not. It explains how our feelings, thoughts and behaviors work together. The important brain triangle. …see more

Let's face it: getting things done is hard. Even when you have a solid "to-do" list. The main problem with traditional "to-do" lists is that they lack prioritization. Here are three steps you can take you make your "to-do" lists so efficient that they practically do themselves. …see more

Check out my convo with JD Vance and Daniel Eckert re: what innovating for 51% percent of America (i.e., those that live outside the tech centers and urban areas).

Sarah Clark, GM of Identity at Mitek, joined me in a conversation to discuss the future of anti-money laundering.

A piece that is a worthy read I hope for educators and employers and social workers and healthcare workers. Bottom line: trauma is catching.

Check out this interview from Engage 2019: How EMoney Can Help With Financial Planning with Celeste Revelli

a dastardly cunning plan. seriously. #fintech #capitalmarkets #assetmanagement #trading #risk

in the future, every protocol will have a member of the CPC assigned to it. she will make sure the protocol adhere to the right strategic goals. #blockchain #crypto #tokenization #bitcoin #cryptocurrency #ethereum #btc #fintech #cryptocurrencies #libra …see more

there are over 100 chinese corp listed on US exchanges as ADR with at least level 2 regs. there are over 160 Chinese corp that trade OTC on US exchanges (less reg scrutiny) focusing on only Alibaba (Ant), Tencent (WeChat) & Ping An, the three main giant chinese fintech firms. former is ADR level 3 so “highest” level of scrutiny, the other two are OTC. let’s focus on Alibaba/Ant. they have a domestic depositary bank for the ADRs, a big 4 for the audited financials, and sell side analysts that cover the stock (from main i-banks). given Alibaba is “controlled” by the CCP, how effective is the oversight here, either statutory (SEC, auditors) or market (analysts, depository bank)? for example, would a sell side analyst refrain from asking pointed question for fear of her form being singled out by the CCP as a result? crux of the argument is, how much trust can be put in the financial numbers reported by Chinese firms trading as ADRs? …see more

especially salient for asset managers, private banks, capital markets intermediaries. my assumption is consumer banking businesses are more advanced in cloud computing.

Did you miss my #letsgetradical live yesterday w/ Dustin Hostetler of Transformity Solutions LLC ? He said that "Firms need to be getting on the same page with: Now is an opportunity to change the trajectory and make sure we create the firm we all want to be a part of going forward…and maximizing what our clients need us to be, as well.” Check out the full recording below. Special thanks to sponsors Botkeeper and efile4Biz.com ! https://lnkd.in/dhe_am7 …see more

this move will provide us with endless fun, especially if and when Ant gets listed. Alibaba wins approval to restructure Ant Financial relationship

‪given recent news of Alibaba acquiring a third of Ant Financial, one of the reasons given being to facilitate an Ant IPO, what are the chances the public markets will perform the same antiseptic services they performed on WeWork? ‬ #fintech #China #Alibaba #AntFinancial #WeWork #IPO

the US govt. (Treasury Dept, US Trade Rep) is getting serious w/long standing currency manipulators. regulators regularly crack down on egregious currency manipulation. the former concerns countries, the latter banks. both manipulate fiat currencies. manipulation is rife, even in regulated markets - this does not mean regulation is useless, on the contrary. believing cryptocurrencies markets are healthy is foolish. however laudable Bitwise’s paper is, uncovering fake volume & wash trading, it is more than puzzling their analysis does not cover other questionable activities, does not delve into the Tether issue, or cherry picks data sets to fit a narrative that sanctifies a “small but healthy” market narrative. #cryptocurrency #banks #cryptocurrencies #regulation #fx #fiat #exchanges #currencies #markets #financialservices …see more

Is there a move that can save brick-and-mortar video game stores in an era where nearly every game is streamable?

We are going to look back and wish that sometime in 2019–2020, we put a stake in the ground and declared: “We are humans and we choose humanity.” Think about this.

‪when it comes to finserv/fintech, neither bullish on large incumbents in aggregate nor on most d2c upstarts or defi mumbo jumbo, leaves me wanting to see more, to fund more, to help more of what will be the future of fin. services. it’s contours & color still elude me mind you. ‬