David Weitzner Ph.D.

About

David Weitzner, Ph.D., is a writer, consultant, and professor of management at York University, who advocates for co-creation, not management. He is the author of Connected Capitalism: How Jewish Wisdom Can Transform Work and Fifteen Paths: How to Tune out Noise, Turn on Imagination and Find Wisdom. Follow him on Twitter @WeitznerDavid.

Books by David Weitzner Ph.D.

Recent Posts

3 Strategies for Listening to Music Mindfully

The act of creating music helps artist Tim DeLaughter heal—just as listening to music can help others heal, too.

Maybe We Need to Say Less About Ethics

Let's empower people to work with simple principles that instill ethical commitments deep into their DNA.

Bringing Mindfulness to Difficult Conversations

Leaders, teachers, and parents are asked to facilitate difficult conversations. If we're not mindful, it's easy to slip into rote talking points.

Re-Imagining Interdependence

Don't ever be content with a system that restricts who wins.

4 Steps to Creative Leadership

Many leaders claim to value creativity while rejecting creative ideas and people when they encounter them. Here are four steps to take in support of more creative outcomes.

What the Jewish Rip Van Winkle Can Teach Us About AI

Personal Perspective: Big Tech thinks all the future will remember is the AI product, not the people exploited to build it. It's an old mistake.

From Being Mindful to Mindful Living

Frustrated by being told to "just breathe?" Mindful living is so much more.

Is Mindfulness a Trait, a Path, or a Process?

Mindfulness can make you selfish! Mindfulness makes you healthy! Mindfulness is hard! When the media starts shouting conflicting messages, what should you believe?

Algorithms Are a Poor Substitute for Human Decency

Can the vast computational power of AI solve our biggest moral problems? Only if we value complexity more than decency.

No A.I. Is Smart Enough to Help Navigate Anxiety

Personal Perspective: Read this before you click on an app for anxiety.