Six Professional Game Changers from Improv
I’m part of a team that is delivering a big piece of work using agile methodology, which I’ve written about before. With our project moving and changing so quickly we find ourselves reacting to new circumstances and having to improvise…
The Potentiality Playlist vol. 2
Music is a connective force of community. Everyone has at least one playlist. I wrote about the songs on my potentiality playlist a few years ago. Just as a playlist organizes songs, our workweeks should take a playlist approach –…
Three Problem Solving Traits of Indiana Jones
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny is struggling to make money in movie theatres around the world because it’s fine, not awesome. The film follows Harrison Ford’s iconic, world-saving, colonially/neo-colonially-problematic, whip-slinging, problem solving character and his estranged goddaughter, Helena…
Six Lifelong Learning Lessons from The Intern Movie
Last week I published a piece on lifelong learning lessons from the perfectly fine Google recruitment video and/or raucous, adventurous workplace comedy, The Internship. This week I will focus on another perfectly fine (except for the last 20 minutes, but…
Bring Doughnut Economics to Your Community
In 2018, Oxford Economist Kate Raworth introduced the world to a different sort of doughnut. This doughnut is a visual representation of a sustainable economic system that balances the needs of people and the planet. The inner ring represents the…
Five Things That Being Allergic to the Sun Teaches me About Inclusiveness
Spring is arriving in the Northern Hemisphere. For many folks – especially those of us on the dreary West Coast – the long, sunny days generate plenty of positive vibes. For me, the sunnyness makes me feel quite the opposite…
Five Ways to be a Human Being at Work
Work puts too much emphasis on process, transactions, technology, outcomes, outputs, and the bottom line. Even though we work with people we really like and respect, we often treat our colleagues differently on the job than we do our friends….
Time Management
Time management is commonly thought of as the ability to keep oneself organized in order to get as many high value tasks completed as possible. Time management is also the acceptance of what Oliver Burkeman calls “the finitude” of time…
Late
Being late is forever. Once we’re late for a meeting or a deadline (like a blog post) it can’t be undone. Being early lasts for hours and being on time only exists for a few moments. It’s tough to always be…
Joyful Resilience
Hard things reveal character and unlock potential. Also, hard things to align in our worklife are joy and resilience (we don’t often experience elation when we’re bouncing back from setbacks or reflecting on failure), even if we want to work…