Leading With A Whole New Mind
Chris Lowney Redefines Leadership: Think of Your Own Name First
Today was the Second Annual Social Entrepreneur Day in Colorado. I attended one of several events held throughout Denver to bring awareness to social entrepreneurship, as a way to solve global problems, by applying effective business practices. Chris Lowney spoke at the Association for Corporate Growth monthly luncheon. Beforehand, I talked with someone at my…
Read MoreHow Poetry Nourishes Me
Several years ago, I asked my niece, Joanna, who was in a graduate program for poetry, what appealed to her about this form of writing. She replied, "I like the density–how you can convey so much in so few words." Joanna now teaches at a midwestern university, while continuing to be a freelance writer. Recently,…
Read MoreChris Lowney: Leadership Lessons From a Jesuit Turned Investment Banker Turned Social Entrepreneur
This week, with the historic election of Obama, Americans clearly expressed something fundamental to the human experience–a yearning for our leaders to provide us with hope and inspiration. I could see it on the televised faces of the crowd gathered in Chicago’s Grant Park, overcome with emotion at the news that Obama had become President-elect…
Read MoreTwo Protons Walk Into a Black Hole….
A Wall Street Journal article points to a group of physicists, working on a renown project, the Large Hadron Collider, who are learning improv and taking comedy classes. Why? To hone their skills in communicating about their work to the public, to become more adept at problem-solving quickly and to help them think more creatively…
Read MoreDeclining Value of Your College Degree
Dan Pink called this one a few years ago with his book, A Whole New Mind and this article provides concrete numbers to make the case. The median weekly salary for individuals with a bachelor’s degree, adjusted for inflation, decreased from 2001 to 2007 by 1.7%. Even those with a master’s degree experienced a decrease…
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