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Windows
- Category: Making better decisions, Uncategorized
I never thought much about windows. You opened them for air and you put curtains on them for privacy and to cut out the light in the morning. My 1935...
VUCA revisited
- Category: Uncategorized
Recently I was asked to say more about VUCA and VUCA prime. VUCA stands for Volatility, Anxiety, Complexity and Ambiguity and was identified/described by Warren Bennis and Burt Nanus in...
Your assumptions may be getting in your way
- Category: Uncategorized
Our world is changing so quickly, it feels like it is impossible to keep up. There is so much misinformation, ai created new reality, and distrust of data. All that...
Flag Day in the USA
- Category: Leadership, Uncategorized
This has been quite a week in the City of the Angels! Businesses all over the southland have been invaded by ICE. Retail, factories, swap meets, Home Depot locations, construction...
passion + perseverance=GRIT
- Category: Company Culture, Leadership, Uncategorized
Do you believe in the mission of your organization? Do your people believe in the mission? It turns out that mission driven organizations can move faster to achieve their goals...
The roll out of an entrepreneur
- Category: Innovation, Uncategorized
It starts with an idea. A product or service that you think would be cool. Then the search to see if it exists. You just don’t find it. Not there....
As summer starts…
- Category: Mindset, Personal Development, Uncategorized
Memorial Day jump starts summer time with the first long weekend in a while. It has warmed up in most parts of the country, and the spring green is fabulous....
Don’t quit on a bad day!
Have you ever watched a TED talk with a colleague or a movie with a friend and walked away with a completely different take-away than they did? How we interpret...
White smoke
- Category: Leadership
On Thursday, day two of the papal conclave, white smoke arose from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel. A new pope had been chosen. If you know little about Catholicism,...
No toys for Christmas
- Category: Living Well, The Economy, Uncategorized
Was there something you particularly wanted for yourself or your family this year for the holidays? May I suggest you buy it now? Temu has stopped shipping to the US....
Short term actions for long term survival
- Category: Overcome Obstacles, The Economy, Uncategorized
Shipping has almost stopped out of China. The port of Long Beach predicts that by next week container traffic will have fallen by 38% and will continue to fall. Truckers...
School days
- Category: High Performance Teams
We had the opportunity to visit a rural school in Zimbabwe. It was their break time but a number of the students came to school to greet us. They sang...
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