Inspiration this week from Rosabeth Kanter, longtime professor at Harvard Business School, where she specializes in strategy, innovation, and leadership. I have read her work for years. "Better to find possibilities in how things are now than to wish for what they were. Collect seeds, not ashes." Recognize the possible. Focus today, realize tomorrow. Seeds are everywhere if... Continue Reading →
Emotion Chip
A lesson from the Star Trek Universe. Data: "Captain, I believe I am feeling ... anxiety. It is an intriguing sensation. A most distracting ...." Picard: "Data, I'm sure it's a fascinating experience, but perhaps you should deactivate your emotion chip for now." Data: "Good idea, sir. Done." Picard: "Data, there are times that I... Continue Reading →
Thursday Thought – The Leadership Prayer
Note: Each Thursday I will post a little something to inspire us to finish the week strong. These Thursday Thoughts will be a quote, piece of music, artwork, or inspirational video. Congratulations, you made it over the hump and let's finish the week together. Make me strong in spirit, Courageous in action, Gentle of heart. Let... Continue Reading →
Thursday Thought – Sunsets
Note: Each Thursday I will post a little something to inspire us to finish the week strong. These Thursday Thoughts will be a quote, piece of music, artwork, or inspirational video. Congratulations, you made it over the hump and let's finish the week together. A critic once commented to Cézanne, "That doesn't look anything like a... Continue Reading →
Thursday Thought – Bad on the Outside, Good on the Inside
Note: Each Thursday I will post a little something to inspire us to finish the week strong. These Thursday Thoughts will be a quote, piece of music, artwork, or inspirational video. Congratulations, you made it over the hump and let's finish the week together. It has been a tough week. Oddly thanks to Justin Bieber we... Continue Reading →
A Thousand Fibers Connect Us
I am thinking a lot about connections these days. How we establish meaningful connections with each other. How we maintain these connections. How fragile these connections can be in times of stress. We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us with our fellow men; and among those fibers, as sympathetic threads, our... Continue Reading →