Red Bead, White Bead A comment by one of my podcast guests brought me to the work of W. Edwards Deming on organizations as systems. Lauren said, a lot of times an individual is seen as the problem when the problem—and the solution—are at the system level. Deming, 1900-1993, was one of these humanist management people […]
Episode 006: Chris Oakley SHOW Circus School founder Chris Oakley talks about life skills, the zen of organization, the creative side of policies and procedures, and how critical it is to take a performance break. SHOW Circus Studio Facebook Twitter Linkedin
Paying Too Much Attention The world craves attention. The expected exchange is that by giving yours, you’ll get some in return, and maybe you will—but is it a good exchange?Your attention is incredibly desirable. Your family wants it. Your boss wants it. Your phone wants it. Marketers not only know this, but constantly strategize ways […]
Episode 005: Craig Addis This week my guest is Craig Addis, a mechanical engineer with a second and third life of teaching, designing and building gorgeous boats, and scouting. You can get a boat in eight weeks! Find out more about building boats at the Hill Institute Volunteer and support the Boy Scouts of America […]
Sorry Not Sorry: A case study on organizational apologizinga Be better than DataCat DataCat (not it’s real name) is a small B2B database company with a global footprint of 500 clients, suffers approximately ten and twenty self-generated critical incidents per year. Examples include: data breaches, credit card processing malfunctions and security issues, and software coding […]
Episode 004: Review & Book Review Why I started this podcast and a review of key takeaways from the first three guests. Book review: How Emotions Are Made: The Secret Life of the Brain by Lisa Feldman Barrett Listen to: Invisibilia on NPR This great blog: Barking Up the Wrong Tree Facebook Twitter Linkedin
Facebook Twitter Linkedin Fear & Imagination In childhood it’s so obvious—the monsters we were so afraid of were clearly imaginary. But as we grow, it’s not that we outgrow fears, although it seems so, but those of us with vivid imaginations simply use them to create anxieties more acceptable to adults: math, flying, heights, spiders, […]
Episode 003: Alison Jean Lester Today on the podcast, author Alison Jean Lester, talking about taking yourself away to get things done, self confidence, isolation and the importance of your champions and the “not to do list.” She’s the author of truly wonderful books including: Yuki Means Happiness Lillian on LifeRestroom ReflectionsLocked OutCommunication, Your Key […]
Facebook Twitter Linkedin We Never Remember the Crap Versions Pixar is proud of the fact that it sucks. In order to serve the quality of storytelling, the company responsible for The Incredibles, Cars, Toy Story, Brave, and other brilliant work has established a working order of: make something, tear it apart, make it better.Craig Good, […]
Facebook Twitter Linkedin Episode 002: Hors D’Oeuvres Becoming who you are, mentoring the next. If you have an idea, and you think it’s going to work, do it.This week we welcome Hors D’Ouevres, drag queen extraordinaire. Hors runs her own entertainment company featuring body-positive, pun-filled burlesque and drag brunches. She cultivates and encourages new artists […]