The Mental Model that Can Help you Communicate More Mindfully (Especially During Times of Crisis 😷)
Add David Rock’s brilliant “SCARF” framework to your toolkit to help drop the stress level on both sides of your next (probably video) conversation
Posts by Year
2020
2019
On Building a Daily Habit of Continuous Learning
It’s time to treat learning and skill development the same way — as a habit of deliberate practice to be cultivated and sustained for a lifetime — to keep le...
2017
The Cresting Wave of Technology and Innovation
3 Reasons why we’re well into the final ‘deployment’ stage of the technological revolution begun nearly 50 years ago with the first microprocessor, and techn...
2016
Systems Thinking and the Evolution of Industries
On why digital disruption in publishing isn’t ‘done’ (even if it seems that way)
Going Home
Why I left a great company to become a work-from-home dad
Ten Great Books for Working More Mindfully
A list of 10 books I’ve found especially useful over the past year in trying to both understand what mindfulness really is, as well as find tactical advice f...
Self-help books work for teams too
Perhaps there’s ways to use some of all that self-improvement advice out there to build better organizations too.
2015
Your Superpower For Building Better Meetings
A powerful guide for how to structure your next meeting for maximum effectiveness no matter the goal
The Critical Relationship Between Attention and Control
Where you direct your attention can have a huge impact on your effectiveness (and your happiness)
3 Simple Questions To Improve Your Hiring and Retention
Hiring is one of the highest leverage activities any manager can do. Here’s 3 questions to make you better at it