Leadership

Mar
21

Why Events Feel Blobby

When I see an event coordinator fast-walking through a venue, looking like she's about to hyperventilate, I see someone who is succumbing to the blob. When I catch myself doing it, it's almost always because I'm doing the event instead of leading the event.
7 min read
Jan
01

3 Rubrics for Designing Events

Think of an event as a pop-up small business: everything you'd need to start a company you'll need for your event.
6 min read
Nov
15

Steve Jobs: "Nobody knows why they do what they do." (VIDEO)

For those of you leadership junkies and/or tech buffs, there’s a fantastic interview with Steve Jobs that was
2 min read
Nov
08

Robert P. George to Students: "You should say what you think." (VIDEO)

Bill Kristol hosts a interesting, long-format interview series (and podcast). Listening to archive episodes, I found this gem where he
1 min read
Sep
06

The Four Kinds of Cows In An Organization

There are four kinds of cows that totally determine the course of an organization Sacred Cows This is the one
2 min read
Jul
31

Why Ask For Feedback If You're Just Going To Ignore It?

How often do we heard this complaint, “I gave all this feedback and nothing changed!” Assumptions are everything in miscommunication
1 min read
Nov
02

The Simplest Way to Mentor

I thought this was an interesting example of a mentoring process that didn’t require a single mentor or any
1 min read
Aug
18

The Cost of Quality

I was looking at a sound company to bid a project and this paragraph from a blog post really jumped
1 min read
Jul
21

Expansion Isn't Growth

There seems to be a silly trend where companies equate expansion with growth, so they put all their eggs in
2 min read