Jackie Danicki

Media Decoded talked to professional disruptor Adriana Lukas about the nature of her work, how senior execs often spoil the fruits of disruption, and whether the term itself is now outdated. Here’s what she told us. “Disruption” really has become another buzzword without much substance. To me, it’s always meant doing something that goes against the grain of established expectations, rules, assumptions, etc. It means introduction and acceptance of a degree of uncertainty.

“Hey, let’s talk to people who were always going to vote for us anyway!” That seems to be the sum total of the Democratic Party’s strategy to beat President Donald Trump’s Republicans in recent elections. Political parties are brands as much as Coca-Cola and Apple are. Like them, parties can squeeze only a minimal amount of growth from existing fans. To thrive, Dems must persuade those who aren’t current supporters.

The evening before I watched the new film “Islam and the Future of Tolerance” — a dialogue between religion critics Sam Harris and Maajid Nawaz — our Yemenite neighbor, Saya, came to our apartment to light our seventh-night Hanukkah candles. I told her how the menorah had been in our family for more than 100 years and that the Hebraic script on it spelled out “Israel.” My 9-year-old son, Alexander, taught her how to use the shamash. “Everything has an order,” he told her rabbinically.