Listen: things are not normal right now. It is OK to not be OK. A global pandemic, catastrophic fires exacerbated by climate change, a divisive election, ongoing political bickering amidst diminishing civility, human rights violations, and racial/caste injustice… In the face of unprecedented, unimaginable, unrelenting heartbreak it is OK to not be OK. Focus on …
The first duty of every leader is to the truth. There is no faster method to completely undermine the efforts of your smartest people than to obfuscate, distract, distort, or dissemble. There's no more egregious waste than that of resources dedicated to the pursuit of a false premise. "Good deception" or leading an enemy on, …
When you’re a leader, sending the elevator back down on a regular basis takes a lot of forms: 1. You don’t have to have the first, last, or any word. You’re in the position you are because you’ve enabled folks to do their jobs exceedingly well. When the smartest people in the room are empowered …
I came across this post on NextDoor the other day... The crux of what this poster is asking for is a refund if services aren’t rendered due to COVID. It’s a bad idea - namely because teachers in Colorado are already underpaid - in fact, Colorado is dead last according to data from the average …
In tough times, I turn to Trek. I was about 12 when I watched the DS9 episode Far Beyond The Stars and saw Avery Brooks as Benny Russell. Benny has been with me ever since, and the scene below (directed by Avery Brooks) is one of the most important Trek has ever made. I realize …
We're being tested in a novel way, both in the kind of test that we are facing and in the duration of it. Because of the unique nature of this challenge, the difficulties of public policymaking and everyday societal failure points that lead to inequity are becoming VERY visible. Even with very good leadership functioning …
Continue reading What kind of “normal” are we going to bring back?
Historical perspective is a neat thing. I warn clients away from being armchair epidemiologists, and society doesn’t need yet another pundit on anything. So I’ll stay in my lane with three comments about the COVID19 shutdown protests: 1) as a humanist and a marketer, there’s a lot of cognitive dissonance around watching the protesters root …
The article How Millennials Became The Burnout Generation has certainly made the rounds lately and boy oh boy did Anne Helen Petersen strike a chord. "When it came to the mundane, the medium priority, the stuff that wouldn’t make my job easier or my work better, I avoided it. I realized that the vast majority …
Continue reading Is Burnout a Millennial-Only Trait? These are the robots of our discontent…
I don't subscribe to the whole dystopia sci-fi thing. I've watched my fair share and I just don't see the appeal - so I knew my story would be upbeat.
31% of the total US methane emissions come from energy production, 16% comes from landfills. 20% of THAT 16% is food waste.
