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How to Birth a Dream—Gently

Before a dream can be transformed into a project in the world, it has to be born. We talk about “making” dreams come true, but isn’t that a bit pushy for something as tender as a dream? Many books and articles on entrepreneurship explode with archetypically male images about making things happen, straining and striving for success, competing and winning, and being the […]

Why Some Meetings Fail Before They Begin

If you work in an organization or business, or volunteer regularly in the community, how many hours do you spend weekly in meetings? Count them up and I think you’ll agree, meetings are America’s growth industry! And because of this, improving meetings is the low-hanging fruit for bettering our productivity. What if we could shift […]

A Manifesto for Disruptors and Manifesto-makers

Recently, I had an opportunity to interview two cool, world-class disruptors who are challenging society’s beliefs about aging: Dr. Bill Thomas, author of Second Wind: Navigating the Passage to a Slower, Deeper, and More Connected Life and leader in the world of innovative, human-centered nursing/eldercare, is a seasoned disruptor. He revolutionized the world of nursing homes when he […]

Finding an Anchor in Changing Seas

  In a couple of months, I’ll be going to a gathering where the theme is “Sea Change.” The title reflects the big changes going on in the world and what many of us are experiencing personally. As Stephen Stills once wrote for the Buffalo Springfield: There’s something happening here / What it is ain’t exactly […]

Ten Leadership Lessons to Steal from Springsteen

Creative Commons photo by GabboT Steal if you want to, but I think Springsteen would let you drive away with any insight you’d like from his recent memoir Born to Run. Even if you aren’t looking for your path to rock ‘n roll stardom, you may get mesmerized, as I was, by a peak into the life of this […]

Four Words to Help You Bridge Divides

  Have you noticed how the fault lines between our values in the United States are becoming chasms? The distances separating conservatives and progressives, blue states and red states, pro-lifers and pro-choicers appear to be growing. That makes it oh-so-tempting for me to want to curl up in my island community and just speak with […]

Is It Time to Dare More Greatly?

Dr. Martin Luther King dared to believe. His words still offer truths that are bold and aspirational to guide us in political times that seem increasingly surreal. Read this list of dares from Dr. King (posted by Estrus Tucker at the Center for Courage and Renewal): Dare to forgive. Dare to be nonviolent. Dare to hope. And more. This week, more […]

Music for Times That Need to Change

  Dylan in 1963, Public domain photo. This year the Nobel Committee gave the prestigious Prize for Literature to Bob Dylan, the first prize ever given to a songwriter. Even though Bob Dylan didn’t actually show up at the ceremony to claim his prize (sending rocker-poet Patti Smith as his singer-stand-in), the award reminded me of how his music helped carry many […]

A Secret Bullies Will Never Know

Illustration from a video by Association Jean Vanier. My head is foggy with a bad cold this week, so I have to keep my words rather simple: I don’t understand bullying. I don’t understand how we could have elected a bully president. Not only is bullying cruel to the victims but it diminishes us as a community. Bullying supports […]

You Can Do This Hard Thing

During this time of recovery and even trauma, I chose poetry over punditry, philosophers and theologians over politicians. Listening to the meaning-makers who speak through their hearts helps me to heal and to stand in my deeper values and higher self rather than in my spite and reactions.

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