Everyone has a personal dragon they battle He preferred to make his a friend — Happy friday! Perhaps our dragons/demons are tired of fighting us too. I hope you can enjoy time with yours this weekend. I share small stories/poems/thought-bytes,...
You probably know of the practice of writing a future press release to visualize and launch a new capability, But have you ever thought about a future press release describing your greatest worse case scenario? What’s the event? How’s it handled? W...
I don’t agree with you But I love you What happens when there isn’t love. When there can’t be Can something else be found? Compassion? Respect? Empathy? I wanted my father to love me. Even though he raised me, we were strangers. At 19, he told me...
the caterpillar fears becoming a butterfly, once transformed desires only flight. Transformative passages We all go through them. An act of change, a ‘becoming’; puberty, parenting, surviving death, (or a death). Our organizations go through them...
(Full video link: https://youtu.be/xc6E_zjCCUA ) If you think the cloud is just someone else’s computer You aren’t clouding right. That little cloud cartoon appeared over 8 times in my feed. Implying the cloud is just someone’s data center full of ...
She leaned in as she said: "It’s simple... People want help and they want _to_ help, The hard stuff is all in the middle. Asking for help, That’s hard. You’re a bit vulnerable, It takes courage. the real trick is knowing what you need, a...
"Is this new to you? Did you know about all this?" My boss asked "This isn’t new, but yes, I am learning here too," I admitted. The architect continued, painting their picture of an extremely modern technical approach. Not bleeding edge perhaps, but c...
I have been thinking a lot about Competition vs Cooperation. There is some evidence that says that Cooperation, not struggle for survival, drives evolution. Franklin D Roosevelt said: Competition has been shown to be useful, Up to a certain poin...
First time I went sailing, the Captain, she told me: there are two methods of sailing: Plot or Spot.. Plot: requires creating a detailed plot, based on comprehensive map and predicted conditions and then skillfully navigating the path. Spot: pick...
A company/process transformation is like a train bound for a new destination. There are those who want to be the first to ride, those who will ride that first ride reluctantly, those who wait until they see the train successfully arrive at a destinat...