Two weeks ago, my city flooded for the first time in almost a hundred years. Sixteen inches of rain fell in three days. A week later, every street told the same story: front lawns stacked with floorboards, carpet, mattresses, gym equipment, baby cribs. Everything that used to live in someone’s basement, sitting on the curb. […]
This is the final piece in the trilogy: Think Big, Choosing Vintage First, and Steward the Planet. And fair warning: this one is likely the most provocative. I need you to set aside your beliefs about organized religion and whatever else you’ve come to believe over your life, just for the next few minutes. You […]
This is part two of the series: Think Big, Choose Vintage First, Steward the Planet. This one is about Choosing Vintage First. First, my definition. Take your age today and subtract 60. Whatever you had at that point in your life is vintage. Its time has gone. Think fashion, design, colours, cars, homes. If you’re […]
A colleague of mine, writing a book for millennials, asked me what advice I’d give about living, loving, parenting, and leading courageously. I gave her three things: Think Big, Choose Vintage First, Steward the Planet. This is about the first one. Make sure your entire reason for getting up in the morning is genuinely big. […]
A few weeks ago, I wrote about ditching my title. Here’s what happened after I released that opinion piece. Four people read that piece and told me I’d just described their secret sauce. I know all four of them personally. Not one of them had ever crossed my mind as someone I might hire. Here’s […]
Shell Shocked: Moral Injury and the Leaders Carrying It
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Shell Shocked: Moral Injury and the Leaders Carrying It.
From Moral Injury to Moral Realignment
Shell Shocked: Moral Injury and the Leaders Carrying It.
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From Force to Flow: A New Operating System for Leaders Who Want to Actually Change Things.
Because we can’t solve tomorrow’s problems with yesterday’s operating system..
From Force to Flow: A New Operating System for Leaders Who Want to Actually Change Things. Because we can’t solve tomorrow’s problems with yesterday’s operating system..