Improvement and Innovation Over my thirty-seven years as a change consultant, I worked on a lot of improvement and...
Voice of the Customer? Huh?
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Consulting
Consulting Career Choices
Traveling the consulting road? Here’s a map of the choices you will face.
Stop Being “Helpful!”
I always said consultants should be helpful . . . maybe not . . .
Learning from Consultant Jokes
Consulting jokes used to annoy me, but I believe consultants can learn from them
Ancient Trusted Advisor Tales
Every consultant wants to be a “Trusted Advisor.” What can Joseph and Merlin teach us?
Consulting, A Young Person’s Game?
Becoming an Old Hand, partner, consulting senior requires picking a path and learning some capabilities.
Leading
Pirates and Outlaws
Americans love pirates and outlaws. What’s up with that?
The Straight Skinny
As you rise as a leader, getting honest feedback becomes more difficult. Here are some things you can do to make sure you get the straight skinny.
“Taking Yourself in Hand”
Every act of leadership is first an act of self-leadership.
Are You a BadBoss?
Using Jeff Foxworthy’s comedic structure to look at BadBoss behavior.
Change and Consequences
I’ve come to believe that we are at a unique inflection point, one where we can correct the consequences of humanity’s past choices and shape the kind of future we want.
Fear and Leading Change
Lessons from a Grimm Fairy Tale about coping with fear of the unknown
Living
Thomas and Mountain Memories
Thomas helped me on my first hike up a mountain and so began a lifetime hobby for me and my family.
Sadhu and Shishya
“What have you learned these seven years?”
The lessons of an apprentice to a quirky holy man high in the mountains.
The Rule of Law Is Not Enough
Reflections on jury duty makes me wonder about ending war
Another’s Secret
What is the secret of life/” It’s a question I often ask in chance encounters with ordinary people. Here is another answer.
Learning from the Brothers Grimm
Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm collected German children’s storeies by talking with grandmothers and housewives. It is a amazing what we can lean from them.
Not Ready for the “Reeks and Wrecks”
Mr. Fix-it fails again -lessons from a deterioration of skills and worries about the coming Zombie Apocalypse
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