There are some things that once you see, you just can’t un-see. Your view of the world changes. However, you can’t just see these things. You have to be personally exposed to them through more than just seeing before you can really see them. And it’s important to acknowledge that…
Browsing Category Learning
Orbiting the Orbit: On Tour Again
A couple of months ago the Webster Hall music venue reopened in New York City. As a relatively new arrival to the city, I’m not an expert on the city’s nightlife history, but I know although it’s not in the same category as the likes of CBGBs, Webster Hall is…
I don’t do name tags
The other night I went to an information event for a program I’d registered interest in. It was held in a conference room at a sleek building in Midtown Manhattan; the type of place where the gunmetal elevator zooms you straight up to the 40th floor in the blink of…
The important thing before on-boarding
It’s not just about what happens once they’re on board and the vessel is setting sail. It’s not just about the on-boarding rituals that occur once they’ve arrived at the place of departure and they’re beginning to assimilate into the culture of how we do things here. It’s also about…
Freelancer to Entrepreneur: The Forest, The Mountains, and the Water
Imagine a landscape. It has a forest on one side and a mountain range on the other. The two are separated by some water. The forest is made up of luscious shades of green, so dense it’s almost a jungle. This sea of green is punctuated by snaps of red,…
Two Tunnels
Imagine your primary area of focus as a tunnel you’re digging. You may be digging into clay, sand, soil, or rock. If you have two areas of focus, you’ll have two tunnels. They may start far away or close together. Digging two tunnels simultaneously is almost definitely going to be…
Dress Up, Dress Down.
Since 2015 I’ve been a workshop facilitator and teacher serving all sorts of groups: teenagers, graduates, mid level managers, senior directors, and C-suite executives. Many of the larger sessions I’ve done have been 2 day bootcamps. Sometimes they’re for members of one company, other times they’re open to anyone who…
Game Time: History Repeating
Here’s a quick game to play every so often with friends old or new. Get each person to think of a time and place in history they’d be curious to live in. Ask them to describe what’s appealing about it, what they’d be doing, and how they’d be showing up…
Gateway Drugs
Let’s start at happy hour, the mixer, the meetup. You show up and contribute. Through a conversation, an idea, a question, a connection, an act of generosity. The happy hour may lead to a blog post, a workshop, or a chance to share some work in the wild. The post…