Why do we fear the pivot when we do them all the time?
Have you ever watched a friend reinvent themselves right in front of you? Were you impressed? I know that I am always impressed when someone consciously moves from one place, risks the status quo, and reinvents themselves. I always wonder where did they get the gumption to do it, the energy to pull it off, […]
When the doors are open again, is your business ready to move forward?
We’ve been so consumed with the impact of the pandemic, we haven’t considered the impact of life after. We need to begin to think about getting ready for the shift when the doors are opened again to what may look like a whole new world. Nicholas Christakis, in his book Apollo’s Arrow: The profound and […]
The Magical Bounty of Celebration
When was the last time you celebrated something? I don’t mean going out to dinner on your birthday. I mean doing something special just because you finished a project or a friend achieved a milestone or your child came home from school with a smile. Giving support to others can motivate them Last Saturday, we […]
As We Step Back into the Office
As we return to our offices, we have an opportunity. We have an opportunity to think again how we work together, how we conduct meetings, how we assess the work of each other, how we create innovative situations for solving problems, how we manage ourselves and our teams. 18 months ago, we were hit with […]
Who Is in That Story?
I was introduced to storytelling more than 20 years ago. I don’t mean the storytellers that stand on stage and tell those wonderful, entertaining stories. I mean storytelling in ordinary lives, what we do every day from the time we can talk. Stories are a way of telling others what has happened – sometimes in […]
The Story Behind Unlocked, the Show
One morning, I tripped on the sidewalk, landed on my chin, gave myself a concussion, spent four days in bed, and discovered how important resilience is. Hi, I’m Madelyn Blair, and I haven’t been able to stop helping others understand the power of this native ability and how it can be nurtured and expanded for […]
Performance Evaluations Should Be Performance Observations
Have you ever seen a child standing near the water and shouting, “Watch me, Mom!” as they dove into the water? I could imagine that child doing the same thing over and over again. He or she wants to be seen as they do the dive. As I thought about that, I realized that we […]
Live Your Way into the Answer
On my June 1 show of Unlocked, Cees Hoogendijk read a poem that I promised to post on the site. I thought that a blog post would be the best way to do so. It is a remarkable poem — as the poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke usually is. As I listened to Cees reading […]
A Giant Is Gone
A leader in the field of knowledge management, a master of personal learning, a voracious reader of just about anything and everything, Larry Prusak has left this world. I’ll always remember Larry as someone who told stories, but his genius was that he knew how to select just the right story and tell it in […]
Grounds4Thought – Seeing all the stars
When the doctor says you need to have cataract surgery, it’s time to use the experience to think more deeply. I was finding it very hard to read. The first time, it was all about holding the page further and further away from my eyes. Then I learned I should also increase the amount of […]