Apr 7, 2019 | Creative Leadership, Cultivating Creativity, Developing Innovative Awareness, Essentialism, Flip Phone Hack, Seeking Balance and Wellness in Leadership
This is a small reprise and rewrite of an earlier piece, but with all the smart phone articles coming out, it’s worth some more thought. “Blow up your T.V. throw away your paper” John Prine famously sang in 1971. Instead of following his advice, we created...
Nov 15, 2018 | Creative Leadership, Cultivating Creativity, Developing Innovative Awareness, Developing Teams, Essentialism, Managing Change, Seeking Balance and Wellness in Leadership, Thoughts for New Professionals
How often do you feel like you never have enough time? How often do you exclaim, “I just don’t have time for that”? How often do you spend time reading posts that start like this? Let’s be blunt: “I don’t have time for that,” is a...
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...
Apr 22, 2018 | Creative Leadership, Cultivating Creativity, Developing Teams, Essentialism, home, Managing Change, Seeking Balance and Wellness in Leadership, Thoughts for New Professionals
The Two Best Things You Can Do For Your Team I have a friend that is a flight-for-life helicopter pilot, a profession that you simply have to admire. When he visited some time ago he was intrigued by my work, both the content of my consulting and the concept of...
Feb 22, 2018 | Breaking Through, Creative Leadership, Cultivating Creativity, Essentialism, Managing Change, Seeking Balance and Wellness in Leadership, Thoughts for New Professionals
Oh, okay, it’s a little self-promotion, but it was fun to take this interview and think through this topic. I believe coaching is a powerful tool to manage change and achieve goals, while also uncovering what’s most essential to us. Have a look at some...
