Things are tense in the family household. As two entrepreneurs and parents, we are navigating risk & reward; experience & ignorance; and freedom & fear. When the bank account pops up at zero balance, it punctuates an unsettled feeling of taking two steps backward, before propelling ourselves (hopefully) forward into the safe zone of steady […]
Impact
I just wrapped up a fantastic project for a global company focused on, in my own words, product innovation for humanity. Their mission doesn’t say anything close to that. As I sat through a full day of presentation rehearsals, I balanced my time between really listening to each speaker’s story, and carefully analyzing the cinematic […]
Why Speed Matters
Many of us have experienced the importance of efficiency and speed in the workplace. We can blame technology for most (or all) of it. Email replaced phone calls and fax machines. It literally changed the expectation of communications to working around the clock. versus time zone specific. Here’s an argument for how speed is destroying […]
The Modern Mentor
Frank and I were recently talking about the lack of mentors in the average work place. I was ranting about how busy we all are, so of course it’s hard to help other employees along when two factors are preventing most folks from doing this: 1. The new entitled generations stir the pot, a lot, […]
4-Day Work Week
Last year I made a predication about transforming the work week. Today I just read two articles about 4-day work weeks and flexibility at work. These days, I am discovering this growing excitement and passion about helping employers create passionate places to work, filled with purpose. Imagine that, every day you go to work, you are […]
Company or Self
A friend of mine asked me yesterday if someone we both know has left their current employer. I quickly went to their linked in page to see if their status had changed. It was strange to find that the company they worked for wasn’t listed at all. So I reached to see if he was […]
Follow Your Path
By Agent N1 on April 13, 2015 in Fireside Chats, Tip of the Day, Unplugged Letters, Work Life Balance
Six years ago, I directly managed ten senior staff and oversaw a team of over 700 who were implementing projects worth ~$20 million per year. For the last five and a half years, I have had a hiatus from all of that, from managing staff, and ensuring quality programming, and juggling money, and signing off […]
Embracing Discomfort
Fear, uncertainty, and discomfort are your compasses toward growth. Joseph Cambell
Corporate Ethics
A company urgently needed to train a whole set of its staff in a particular skill and approached a friend of mine about the assignment. My friend, by my definition (not her own), was an expert: she has a post-graduate degree in the field; she has been working in that particular field for over twenty […]
New Beginnings
It’s spring. The almonds, the first of the fruit trees of the season, are in full glorious bloom. Buds and shoots are forming on other trees. The first phase of a work assignment just ended and the next phase is slowly beginning. Several new projects start this week. The girls’ term at school ends on […]
