Welcome to the Flow

Welcome to The Flow, the occasional overflow from our Rain Barrel. We aren’t promising a blog, exactly, but we do want an informal space where we can post some of our thoughts and recommendations. Following in the spirit of the United Nations, we want to create a forum where we can engage in fruitful dialogue with kindred spirits and those with very different points of view. We promise to write only when we have something to say. We will post links to other sources of information only when we feel they are valuable.

If you have already peeked at our bios, you know that we have long careers at the United Nations and in journalism behind us. We feel we have a new world before us. The experience we have had working around the globe has given us a lot to talk about. A lot to criticize. And a lot to believe in. We see the new era of communications as an unparalleled opportunity for new forms of expression and engagement. We believe it must be harnessed as a public good, an engine for fundamental change that benefits all.

After decades of institutional constraints, we are, quite frankly, rediscovering our own voices. Free of agendas not of our own making, we are taking a fresh look at communication and the maddening, confusing, beautiful world around us. We are unlearning and listening, and sharing with our clients the insights from a collective century of work.

This website tells you a bit about who we are. We want to know who you are and what brought you here. Whoever you are, a warm welcome. Send us your comments. We invite you to go with The Flow.

–Paul and Robert