Our relationships at work are harmed when we disagree with others and experience their convictions as an assault on what we believe is right and true. Without basic trust—along with at least some beliefs and convictions that we hold in common—it … [Continue reading]
Gathering your thoughts, working them out on a page, and sharing that page with others is the spur for high level, creative problem-solving and the best (most productive) conversations. Instead of “winging it” by making up what you think, want and … [Continue reading]
People complain that their working lives would be better and more satisfying if only they had at their disposal a ready-built way to solve some of the problems that they see on the job. With noses closer to the ground, it may be a persistent problem … [Continue reading]
Over the past week, it’s been cold here, then warm, and now cold again. But one of the constants has been how this season seems to drain the world of its color. It strikes me as a fitting metaphor for what has been happening to the nature … [Continue reading]
When we set out to make a difference with our work, we usually are. It empowers us by doing it and empowers others who are trying to change the same things. It’s the belief in possibility that makes a new year, well…doable. I came upon a guy last … [Continue reading]
