by pnhd6 | Jul 17, 2014 | Leading, Storytelling
It happens to all of us: we lose our seat and get thrown from the saddle. Maybe we get bad news about a friend, a project we wanted to do is canceled, a promotion doesn’t happen, or our kid gets in trouble. Hitting the ground is never fun. And sometimes we get bucked...
by pnhd6 | Jul 3, 2014 | Leading
Last month, a crazed man opened fire at Seattle Pacific University (SPU). One student was killed, and others wounded. Had it not been for a student working as a building monitor who pepper-sprayed the shooter and wrestled him to the ground, the carnage would have been...
by pnhd6 | May 17, 2014 | Communicating, Creating, Leading
As I began to teach about conflict, I saw a bunch of hesitant faces with those “do we really have to deal with conflict?” expressions. Most folks I know don’t like to deliberately face conflict. Sure, they can handle objective, professional conflict...
by pnhd6 | Feb 14, 2014 | Creating
I had such a great evening this week speaking before 600 people at Town Hall Seattle, on a well worn stage that has seen poets, writers, academics and dignitaries. My claim to fame was a five-minute talk for IGNITE Seattle! whose motto is “Enlighten Us But Make It...
by pnhd6 | Jan 14, 2014 | Communicating, Creating, Leading
In improv, you learn what happens in a story or conversation when two partners block each other. The conversation slows, stops or becomes very boring. The most common way to block a point in a conversation is to use the word “but.” That’s why improv teaches us to say...
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