As we settle into the new year, yet a third year challenged by COVID with political discord everywhere, I find that I must constantly remind myself that there is more we share than divides us. Yet so many of our…
Earlier in this pandemic experience I wrote about resilience, inspired by front line health care workers, teachers and Olympians (link). Almost six months later, I am renewing my reflections on the topic. For individuals, for organizations, for societies: we are…
Like most business leaders, I suspect, I have very mixed feelings about the year we are about to close and the one we are ready to kick off. But as with every time of transition, it seems important to acknowledge…
“I do not believe in miracles, but I cannot explain this,” said the doctor. My 89-year old mother – vaccinated and careful – had been exposed to COVID and because of a pre-existing condition, it hit her hard. Family had…
Ok, fair warning that this post is coming from a place of exhaustion and even foreboding. I just got a vaccine booster shot and don’t feel great; my elderly mother who almost never leaves her house just tested positive for…
I was intrigued with a headline in the New York Times Sunday edition last weekend: “Snap out of it, America” was the cover of a special opinion section. The premise of the section was that as a nation we’ve lost…
I have the good fortune to live in a place with usually glorious fall seasons – this year included. We’re mostly famous for our winters, even though they are not as long or as cold as our reputation would have…
November 2nd, 2021 was an important day in the United States of America. People across the country headed to polling stations to cast their ballots for school board elections, levy proposals, as well as choices for mayors, city councils and…
Organizations used to spend weeks, even months, developing multi-year plans that went deep on details about strategies, resource requirements, talent recruitment and more. Annual budgets were drawn from those strategic plans, setting out the milestones and measures that would be…