Happy Friday,I was on a cruise last week, and it was most excellent. People ask, "Where did you cruise do," and I want to say, "Who cares!" It was just great to get away and relax. Unfortunately, that relaxation knocked me out of work mode, so I for...

Happy Monday!Take a look at this photo!Now, this photo is from the 4th of July at my in-laws place. This is a wildfire that started on their property. What isn't pictured here is the black smoldering field that goes to the horizon.My father-in-law wa...

Happy Friday!I think and use a lot of metaphors in my work. None are perfect, but there is one that has been rolling around in my head for years. For those of you who don't know, I like cooking, so I naturally relate a lot of things to food, and this...

Happy Friday!It is interesting to hear the shifts that are happening across clients. No, I'm not talking about every company trying to throw AI at everything. I'm talking about more fundamental changes. One of these changes that I keep bumping into i...

Happy Friday!Back in the 19th century (Which, if your brain is anything like mine, requires that you explicitly remember that means the years starting with 18), people only went to the hospital if they were going to die anyway.At the time, people bel...

Happy Friday,I haven't written in a while. I miss you too.Life got very busy for me very quickly. One week, I was ramping up with a new client; the next, I was at a weeklong leadership training; and the next, I was dealing with a tornado that hit.I l...

Happy Friday!One thing that keeps me going is the feedback I get from clients and co-workers. If you know me in person, you know I can't take a compliment, and when I hear one, I want to run away.People who know me really well use this against me.Whe...

Happy Friday!One of my favorite topics to rant about is meetings. In particular, how bad they usually are and how easy they are to fix. So, I thought I'd scratch that itch and give a few things that I think will improve your meetings almost immediate...

Happy Friday!Somehow, we went from winter to waking up one morning to Spring and all of the allergies that come with it. I almost never get allergies, and I don't know how anyone lives with them.If that weren't bad enough, I also agreed to take some...

Happy Friday!"I need to get a better sense of our group's capacity," is a common request clients have of me. While answering this question is not really very interesting, I think the existence of the request is and the topic of today's email.One reas...