The Language of Organizational Life
Today is the 50th anniversary of the speech Martin Luther King Jr. made at the base of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington DC concerning Civil Rights. The speech is widely considered one of the best in American history and remains an inspiration. I visited Washington DC last week and saw the early preparation for the remembrance... Continue Reading →
Recently I was returning to San Francisco from Washington DC and was waiting in the airport terminal with time to kill. Too tired to read and saving my music for the plane, I sat and watched people come and go. You never know when inspiration or something of interest will come your way. Indeed as I... Continue Reading →
Today. Another Wednesday. It shows up around this time each week. Week in and week out. Wash, rinse and dry. Repeat. The comings and goings of life. As humans we want patterns and continuation. We create routines, both conscious and unconscious. Yet our routines, if not careful can define us. An endless set of Wednesdays... Continue Reading →
It is time for me to review my draft posts and see if any are ready for publishing. None of these posts are ready for primetime. Yet ... as a whole the list does make for an interesting read. For fun let me share the working title for a number of my draft posts. It is an interesting collection. ... Continue Reading →
Yes, I continue to think about silence. My environment is my classroom and I am listening. Silence is an important tool for leaders. For introverts such as myself, silence comes more naturally. For extroverts silence can be even more powerful as it can be perceived as unexpected. An old school teacher trick ... if children... Continue Reading →
I recently listened to a TED podcast featuring poet Billy Collins former Poet Laureate for the United States. The topic was the creative process and during the discussion he made a simple statement: Start a meeting with a poem. When we gather together at meetings often we are not centered and focused on the discussion... Continue Reading →
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