A 40-something considers for a long time whether or not to leave her stable consulting job to go off on her own without her first contract lined up. She’s the primary earner in her family and they didn’t have 6-9 months of savings in the bank as a cushion, just Read more…
I like to dive in and take stock of what’s happening within an organization when I start a new consulting project/engagement. Over the years, I’ve boiled this down to a consistent set of questions and things I want to research. In honor of prolific sharing and not reinventing the wheel… Read more…
Five years ago, I started logging ideas and observations in OneNote around pain points/sources of friction/other ideas related to things I’ve read/listened to in business models, customer experiences, technologies, process, civic engagement, and physical products. I’ve now compiled more than 100 concepts in my “Life Ideas” tab. When I first Read more…
A colleague recently asked about my secret sauce for team-building. I’m sharing my experiences here to save you time, heartaches, and headaches, and offer a whole-person-centered perspective you might not have considered previously. I have noted lessons on how to build strong teams for almost two decades. I’ve worked with Read more…
Last year I found myself seeking feedback from the teams I worked with in honor of continuous personal improvement so I put together my own personal 360-degree evaluation, based on what mattered to me and informed by The Big Book of 1-on-1 Questions and sent out a web form (I Read more…
To be, or not to be…transparent? I’ve shared salary info with a few people in close circles in recent years with no regrets. Doing so can help folks get to the compensation they deserve. I’m seeing these discussions bubble up again in various online groups I participate in and wanted Read more…
I received a newsletter signup that looked fishy. “It looks like you’ve misspelled the word “clich” on your website. I thought you would like to know :). Silly mistakes can ruin your site’s credibility. I’ve used a tool called SpellScan.com in the past to keep mistakes off of my website. Read more…
Fresh off attending a pretty painful Meetup last night, a number of observations are circling. I had four hours of road time for an event I ended up leaving early b/c I just couldn’t bear the idea of staying any longer. And I was not the first or last person Read more…
Colorado miles driven last week: 518+ Lots. of. happenings. Podcasts listened to: 14 Forty Thrive How to Get What You Really Want: Dia Bondi Girlboss Radio How a Few T-shirts Turned Into 15 Stores, With Anine Bing, Fashion Brand Founder and Chief Creative Officer Why Multiple Streams of Read more…
“So, what do you do?” When people ask this, usually they are asking what you do by day for money. It seems innocuous enough. Oftentimes, though, the most interesting parts of ourselves are what’s outside of the work we “do.” As someone with many interests who has always felt constrained Read more…