Posts by Steven Rouk

Let’s talk about management. Hell, while we’re at it, let’s talk a little bit about leadership too. (But mostly management.) Leaders and managers are incredibly important—they make a huge difference…

Article Summary People are heavily influenced by the groups they’re a part of and the social networks they’re connected to. If we want people to get more active for animals,…

Let’s talk about effectiveness. But first, let’s talk about Peter Drucker. Peter Drucker died in 2005, a man who authored 39 books over his 95-year life. He’s been called the…

There is a parable floating around the animal rights movement. It goes something like this. ... Parable of Horses and Cars Horses used to be the main form of transportation…

It’s important to talk about negative emotions. We all feel them at one point or another: sadness, anger, disappointment, frustration, loneliness. Sometimes they’re small feelings that we can easily manage.…

First of all, the title “Space Analysis” sounds really epic, doesn’t it? Like we're going to be cosmologists or meta-astronauts analyzing outer space. We're not going to be doing that.…

As activists, we tend to want to solve things. Sometimes, we take this a little too far and think “I must solve everything myself.” This is true of programmers, compassion…

This is the second article we’ve posted about ideas for fostering innovation in the movement. You can read the first article here—Imagine: LA Vegan Meat Competition. If you wanted to…

What did it take to pass Prop 12 in California this past November, making it “the strongest law in the world protecting farm animals from extreme confinement”? Maybe we start…

There are two ways to have an idea. The first way, you think of something—maybe an idea for a mobile app to help people go vegan. You spend a week…