In today’s very mixed and occasionally shocking demonstration of leadership in the race to win the primary, and as candidates fight to win to become the next President of the U.S., it’s no wonder the definition of leadership continues to run in all directions. There is something very special however, in how Bernie Sanders and […]
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The Corner Office: Symbolic or Empowering for Leaders?
What happens when you have no office, or you’ve given up your office? Google and Zappos are two early adopters of the open workspace concept, where collaboration includes overhearing other peoples conversations. In the office design, there are other areas for solo or quiet meetings. But what if you not only gave up your office, you truly had no […]
Is it just me, am I lucky, or am I average?
The other night, apres-ski, a group of friends sat next to a fire debating the future of our girls, when rape is still just as prevalent and there are girls as young as 12 and 13 who feel peer-pressure to perform sexual acts to boys at parties. As parents, during our debate, we reflected back on our own […]
Do You Feel Safe?
I was out for dinner with girlfriends the other evening, and we debated the topic of safety in our city. One friend stated that she felt safer in Chicago than she does in our city. Another friend said that the area where our kids have gone to school near the University is notoriously the worst area for […]
Idea Factory, Volume One
I have a secret and brilliant idea that I’d love for someone to take on. Are you ready? With SXSW in Austin, why not create a local Bumbershoot music/tech fest of sorts? I’d love it here. I don’t want to go to Austin UNLESS we are unveiling our latest coolest gadget. But short of being an […]
#TheLostGenerationX – #AllEyesOnMillennials
By Agent M1 on February 4, 2016 in Entrepreneurism, Exit Strategy, Fireside Chats, Riffs & Ideas, Weekly Survival, Work Life Balance
Ever read the book “A Moveable Feast” by Ernest Hemingway? He demured in Paris in the 1920’s, with the likes of Gertrude Stein, Ezra Pound and F.Scott Fitzgerald. This group of literary geniuses was also known as La génération perdue = The Lost Generation. Similar to Gertrude Stein’s self proclamation during a depressed time after […]
Better Human, Better Leader
Ever since a Syfy Network T.V. series came out, “Being Human”, I’ve thought a lot about that theme in life, at work and in leadership (without ever watching the series, sorry Syfy!) Those two words together are poetry to me, synchronous with kindness and humility in the world today, and something in its meaning is lost in the way […]
Leadership Beacon #PassionEconomy #CovertLeadership
When I think about the many inspiring people in my life, driving and leading for change in small and large ways, I picture a beacon flashing in the distance, just barely visible through the fog. And our job as groupies is to try to track it, reach it and catch it with our head, heart and […]
Visionary Leadership in a Passion Economy
For years, companies have adapted leadership practices from the military. Authoritarian; rank and file in nature; and with superior officers or lowly privates. There was an absolute trust in authority and in the vision to serve and protect. In companies, one didn’t question authority because of the risk of losing one’s job. Even if the purpose became less clear when […]
Catalytic Agent and Authentic Leader
#IHaveADream2016 Martin Luther King Jr. once called himself a catalytic agent for change, dreaming of creating a society that is color-blind, and focused on being a national humanitarian (U.S. issues including poverty) rather than fighting a civil war in Vietnam that was costing over a million lives and billions of dollars. When this day comes around, I am repeatedly shocked […]
