Oct 15, 2018 | Breaking Through, Cultivating Creativity, Developing Innovative Awareness, Essentialism
For the last two months I’ve been given the wonderful opportunity to pick my daughter up at school almost everyday at 12:30. At first, the schedule change seemed daunting, “could I get all my work done in a ‘split’ shift?” But working in the early morning hours and...
Sep 15, 2018 | Breaking Through, Cultivating Creativity, Developing Innovative Awareness, Seeking Balance and Wellness in Leadership
Against a gray sky at sunrise, a yellow rose blooms. Its pedals mirror the texture of the clouds above: rolling waves like a calm day on the ocean. A slight breeze moves the leaves as a chickadee calls from the pine across the street. The song reminds me of the...
Aug 15, 2018 | Breaking Through, Building Community, Creative Leadership, Essentialism, Flip Phone Hack, home, Seeking Balance and Wellness in Leadership
In last month’s post, I offered a case for spending less time looking down at our phones and more time looking up and around at the world. This week, I want to offer some observation techniques or routines to practice looking up. And if you need to set an alert...
Jul 15, 2018 | Breaking Through, Cultivating Creativity, Developing Innovative Awareness, Essentialism, Flip Phone Hack
I believe there is a practice we’re losing quicker than we realize, and it was a practice that meant our survival in those ‘early days.’ Today, I think it’s a practice that sets leaders, innovators, and even happier people apart from the...
Jun 22, 2018 | Breaking Through, Cultivating Creativity, Developing Innovative Awareness, Managing Change, Resources
Do you consider yourself a designer? As you begin a new project where do you start? How do you know which team members to bring in and when? What processes do you use to define your goals, set specific guidelines, or clarify what success looks like? Is your model...
Jun 7, 2018 | Breaking Through, Creative Leadership, Cultivating Creativity, Developing Innovative Awareness
Do you ever sit down to write about something or begin thinking about how you can implement your great idea, to then discover that it’s already being done, or that the topic has been extensively considered? It is rare that we are the lucky catalyst to...
