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Social Networking: How We Transformed the Results
“What emotions would we experience if we weren’t working ourselves to death? What wishes drive us? What fantasies hitch themselves to our continual busyness? Only when we step away from our frenzy can we know.” Arlie Russell Hochschild Human beings are capable of thinking about something other than […]
Trust Your Answer
Every day, new technology brings obsolescence to another segment of task-based work. For those of us who view work from any remnants of the Industrial Revolution, this is the very time to cast aside complacency and to take action. The work of today as well as tomorrow is more creative, […]
Buckminster Fuller’s Incredible Letter About Everyone’s Unique Purpose
Every single one of us has a unique gift and I find that until we step into that gift, we suffer. I’ve watched people awaken to their unique gift thousands of times. It is our natural self, well beyond a job description, and it is the one thing no one […]
How Did the World’s Greatest Futurist Predict 2017 in 1970?
“The illiterate of the future will not be the person who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn.” Alvin Toffler – Future Shock Those words were published in Alvin Toffler’s groundbreaking book, “Future Shock” forty-seven years ago. He spoke of a world speeding up […]
Will We Ever Get Rid of Fear?
In a culture fixated on security we have reinforced the myth that there is something fundamentally inadequate about us when we feel fear. If buy into the notion, we construct our lives around avoiding fear and as a result, the real and best opportunities don’t even reach our field of […]
Hope – The Baggage That Can Sink Us
I hope that things will change. I hope that I will get a new job. I hope a client will come through the door. I’ve been hoping everything will turn out. The common thread through these statements is that hope requires nothing from us. In other […]
If JFK Lived One More Day
“Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future.” – John F. Kennedy The following statement is not partisan. It is an issue of need. There has never been a time in history where we needed […]
The Power of Words
The words we consume determine who we are. Three authors that most influenced the life that I lead include Alvin Toffer, Maya Angelou and Buckminster Fuller. All of them were outsiders. Their rebellious points-of-views changed the world. Periodically, I like to share the best of them as a meditation […]
How One Boss Changed My Entire Life
Doing the right thing seems to be as much the product of instinct as intelligence. Today, a dear friend and I are getting together with our former boss – Gail Angel. I have not seen her in twenty-three years! Gail owned one of the most successful staffing companies in […]
Why We Declared War on Disengagement
Gallup’s latest global engagement survey indicates that only 13% of the world’s workers are engaged. The problem of disengagement is so vast that it is far more than a vexing business problem, it is a tragedy that inhabits our homes, schools, roads, families, and daily routines. Disengagement doesn’t imply […]