A Tour de Friendship Haiku
Long, Muppets bike ride. We call it Tour de Friendship. How did I gain weight?! – A haiku (with photos) about how eight middle-aged men invested in friendship and longevity by riding hundreds of kilometers together on bikes.
What Tough Loves Teaches Us
We’ve all received tough love at some point in our lives. Whether we hear from spouses who have feedback about our facial hair, coaches who know we can do better, or managers who need to inspire teams to achieve their…
Three Agile Planning Tips from the Rebel Alliance
The hit series Andor wrapped up a few weeks ago and I’ve been processing it’s the end of perhaps the greatest iteration of the Star Wars universe/galaxy on screen. Over the last few weeks, I’ve consumed dozens of hours of…
How to Get the Most out of Information Interviews
For over 25 years I’ve been helping students and young professionals advance their careers and realize their worklife potential. One of the best ways to build a career is to get the most out of information interviews. To date, I’ve…
An Internal Server Error Haiku
Server error. Gross. HTML detective. Learn through discomfort. – A haiku about the time this website was inaccessible until issues were diagnosed and problems were solved collaboratively! It is a good reminder that the best learning is often uncomfortable. Whether…
Five Professional Lessons from the Mission: Impossible Movies
Action mega-star and semi-controversial human being, Tom Cruise, has done it again! Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation has hit theatres and is receiving critical acclaim and all of our money, too. Kurt and I love action movies and we also…
Playing Through Adversity
Over the weekend I witnessed athletes play through adversity. My oldest son’s basketball team lost four games against very talented, very organized, and very aggressive teams from the Lower Mainland. (The last game was close, though!). Observing the games as…
How Constraints Unleash Creativity and Productivity
Constraints can enable innovation and efficiency. By knowing what boundaries limit us and what ones are bendable, we can use constraints to inform decision making as well as cultivate creativity in our worklife. Here is an example of using both…
How Parents Can Maximize Mornings
Making the most of mornings leads to increased productivity, heightened efficiency, better health, and, probably, improved happiness, too. Personal and professional development gurus – from Robin Sharma to these ridiculous entrepreneurs – argue that our potential is best realized with…
A Dog Sitting Haiku
Great time dog sitting. Glorious walks and cuddles. A man needs a dog. – A Dog Sitting Haiku for Roxie the Dog, who joined the Horn Family over the Easter Weekend and brought a lot of joy, exercise, and self-assurance…