Summer of Opportunity
I was coaching a client when I blurted out, "This is your summer of opportunity." My client had been talking about activities winding down for the summer break and having more time to pursue other interests, beyond the usual obligations...
Help Wanted: Creative Types
I'm convinced that the juiciest jobs are ones at the intersection of multiple worlds. In a recent Wall Street Journal article, "Help Wanted: Creative Types", advertising agencies report difficulty in filling the top job, chief creative officer. Photo by Andreanna...
Changing Signs of Spring
Spring is by far my favorite season, because each week seems to bring forth new visual delights. Bulbs, trees, and bushes planted many years ago still surprise me each spring. They are steady friends, showing up in the middle of...
3 Reasons To Learn Improv
A few months ago, I blogged about my experience with learning the art of improvisation. If you are in the Boulder/Denver area, the same two improv workshops that I attended will be held in June. See below for more info....
Fabulous quote, from book, A Million Miles in a Thousand Years, by Donald Miller: "The ambitions we have will become the stories we live. If you want to know what a person's story is about, just ask them what they...
Herd or Community?
When does a community become a herd, with a herd mentality? And how can leaders of a community prevent this from happening, without stifling the community? Photo by sean_hickinLast week, I attended my first Ignite Boulder event. The day after...
A Community of Suicidologists
I was struck by this blog post, "Reflections on the Family of Suicidologists" from fellow wisdom entrepreneur and friend, Sally Spencer-Thomas. After her brother, a successful business man, committed suicide several years ago, Sally took on as her life's work...
Academic Boundary Crossing
If I were twenty years younger, I would go back to school. I would return to my alma mater, Northwestern University, and enroll in the engineering school again (yes, again!), so I could learn about design and complex networks and...