Finding sweetness in disruption and other surprising places, like the Mall of Louisiana

In the news industry, we’ve spent the past two decades talking about disruption. The internet, of course, completely changed how people consume news — creating a nonstop, never-ending news cycle.

I remember early discussions prophesying what the World Wide Web would do — listening to people who knew a lot more than I did talk about how it would all pan out. In the years since, the details of those early discussions have made me skeptical when someone tells me what life is going to be like in 30 years.

That said, I do realize that disruption demands a different approach — new ways of doing things and a fresh look at why we do them at all.

In my own life, nothing has caused disruption like our recent house fire — which has led to new ways of doing things and some re-evaluations of how and