Steve Jobs was unquestionably brilliant. The future of Apple, however, will test a much different leadership skill than anything we  saw in his lifetime. In Isaacson’s biography of Jobs, it is clear that he led…
I don’t really have the answer. I don’t have anything brilliant to say, but I do have a question: How do you lose yourself? Deadline-pressed and ever-connected, Â whether executives, entrepreneurs or moms pressed for every…
This morning, I was thinking about the story of Narcissus who caught sight of his reflection on the surface of the sea and was so infatuated that he slowly fell in and drowned while chasing…
You have permission to disrupt. In fact, you not only have permission, you have a duty to disrupt, and the cost of not disrupting and forcing innovation may cost you your livelihood. There is a…
We spend a lot of time crafting what we say, how we say it and how we act when we say it to build our reputation. The unsaid, however, may be the permanent echo of…
When I was in seventh grade, our guidance teacher gave us a problem solving exercise. I was in one of several groups, and the setup for the problem was to get a ping pong ball…
It’s that time of year again. Two days of 70 degree weather has everyone in my neighborhood firing up the mowers, backpack blowers and turning the earth in the anticipation of the seeds prospering. From…