First, quiet the dragons
January 16, 2023
Sometimes, all of this suffering gets to me, yet I am powerless to alleviate it. It’s too much. Too big. Too far away. Still, to do nothing isn’t an option....
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Why the middle matters
September 9, 2020
One has to go beyond the pairs of opposites to find the real source of anything.” Joseph Campbell We’re living in a polar world, a world which, in many ways, is defined by polar opposites. Our notion of opposites tends to default to politics: Republicans...
Read MoreWhat two weeks in Japan taught me about walls
October 23, 2017
My wife and I just returned from a two-week vacation in Japan. The trip took us from Tokyo through the Japanese countryside, where we stayed in Ryokans: the small, country inns that capture the traditional essence of rural Japan. A few days later, we wound up in Kyoto...
Read MoreWhat’s your Dawn Wall?
March 19, 2015
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This past January,Tommy Caldwell and Kevin Jorgeson reached the summit of El Capitan's Dawn Wall -- a quest that included years of planning and that many considered the most challenging rock climb in the world. One of the climbers, Kevin Jorgeson said of the achievement: "I...
Read MoreThe Un-Common Core – What educators are forgetting and our kids aren’t getting
March 25, 2014
The public school system in America is undergoing an overhaul. That overhaul is called Common Core -- the new curriculum structure based on "consistent academic guidelines created to help all students succeed." Those words aren't mine; they greet you when you go to the Common...
Read MoreGetting to productivity – one human being at a time
April 13, 2012
Disclosure: This is a promotion, sort of.
I am an unabashed fan of human productivity and the need to marshal it at any and all costs. So, here goes…
What is a person for (anymore)?
June 27, 2011
… Maybe that’s an over-statement, but it holds some truth. In the words of one CEO, The Times article continues: “You don’t have to train machines.”
In many ways, the seismic shift we’re seeing in the jobs economy towards more highly skilled workers calls for people—especially, the unemployed and underemployed—to clarify,
Are You a Conscious Leader? (And Does It Matter?)
December 6, 2010
We live in a time of purpose-driven companies and purpose-driven lives. One of the groups that promotes the power of purpose is the Conscious Capitalism Institute (CCI). As someone who knows how powerful purpose can be when it is authentically derived (read: innate identity), I’m a fan. But, oh, the challenges.
Down with “God” – The Problem with Tiger Woods
December 17, 2009
The seeds of Tiger Woods’ undoing were sewn years ago – and they had nothing to do with him being the king of golf.
Tiger’s father, Earl, apparently told his son, over and over, that he would be