Talk of flakiness may appear trifling, but it is talk in which we engage nonetheless, and it is telling that we have a word for it. We evidently find some value in identifying certain actions and ...

This is the first piece in a miniseries called “On flakiness.” Read the other parts at this link. What is flakiness? We all have certain intuitions about flakiness, but they are surely imprecise. What ...

You patiently listen to your friend complain about his stalled career and about his lack of opportunities, and you wince. You know he can be flaky, fickle and undependable, and you can sense how that ...

Intellectual flakiness is less about ideology and more about not applying enough rigour to what they should be doing, why they are doing it, how it can be improved, and so on. A fellow donor waxed ...

Jessica Bell explores the critical question of how can we help folks in social movements do what they say they are going to do. I just led a workshop on decision-making and structure for organizations ...