I Couldn’t Have Made This Up

In raising my sons, I’ve tried to impress upon them that habits formed in the privacy of our home can easily become unconscious habits in public. So for example, one son, who shall be unnamed, often eats with his mouth wide open, making sounds that I’d rather not hear.  I remind him gently to close…

Last December, I was part of a demo on Equine Assisted Learning–a method for teaching individuals and teams about themselves with the use of horses.  It’s fascinating work. I became interested in learning more when Debbie Stjernholm, the owner of C-Horse Consulting talked about what makes horses suited to this type of work–how they are…

Last week, my colleague, Deb Siverson, and I worked with a corporate team. Team members met face-to-face for the first time and came from all over the world—Germany, Singapore, the UK as well as the US. More than half of the team was born outside of the US.    This was my first experience working…

A recent Wall Street Journal article proclaimed, "India’s Talent Pool Drying Up." The subtitle said it all–"Tech Sector Suffers as Wages Surge and Multinationals Splurge." Just a few years ago, multinational companies were setting up branches in Bangalore and Pune and signing contracts with Indian software companies like Infosys and Wipro, cashing in on cheap…

I love how blogging spreads ideas and brings them back in new form. A few weeks ago, I had a posting about Laughter Yoga–gatherings for the sole purpose of laughing together. An official Laughter Yoga Leader, Elaine Helle, emailed me after reading my posting to tell me about her brainchild, Belly Laugh Day on January…