Kids, Creativity and Careers

When I lived in Vancouver I volunteered at the Writers' Exchange. One time, I co-created some superawesome - and super educational - literacy programming for kids from East Vancouver during their Winter Holiday Break. The program content was career-related - Wait,...
A Spring Anticipation Haiku

A Spring Anticipation Haiku

Agility melts. Daffodils punch frozen soil. Anticipation. - A Spring Anticipation Haiku by John Horn that underscores how we humans often get more excited and engaged by the anticipation of something (as opposed to doing/experiencing the actional thing); here is an...

How to Show Love at Work

How to Show Love at Work

Expressing gratitude, joy and affection at work boosts productivity and creativity. One effective method is using gratitude jars. Here’s how to show love at work (or school or your community): Create a table with two columns: one for names and one for compliments....

Total Football and Generalism

Total Football and Generalism

I’m reading Tribal by Michael Morris (it’s good) and the book begins with an analysis for “Total Football”. In the 1970s, the Dutch national soccer team transformed the sport with a philosophy where any outfield player could seamlessly assume the role of another on...

Five Tips for Bouncing Back from Obi-Wan Kenobi

Five Tips for Bouncing Back from Obi-Wan Kenobi

Resilience is measured by how we recover from setbacks, as opposed to how well we endure tough times in the moment. Obi-Wan Kenobi knows a thing or two about bouncing back from a bad day, which fans observed and opined throughout the semi-divisive Disney series. We...

A Bomb Cyclone Haiku

A Bomb Cyclone Haiku

Bomb cyclone is here. Wisdom of trees; perspective. Catastrophizing. - A haiku about how weather these days has different, scarier names than it used to; if this is catastrophizing, I hope it is effective...

Systems of Agility

Systems of Agility

Systems of agility represent an approach or framework designed to foster flexibility, adaptability, and responsiveness in both work and life. It encompasses various elements, including flexible structures, malleable, diverse, and redeployable talent, and a culture...

Pin It on Pinterest