Shoulder to Shoulder and Book by Book
As reported in a recent online article on www.npr.org sometimes the best way to move, especially if you’re having to move because you can’t afford to be where you are, lies in moving for free–since you’re already run out of money. October Books, in Southampton, England, had been at their location since 1977. As a […]
Flipping for Friendship
A few weeks ago, my wife’s social media feed included a short video of a group of tiny turtles rushing to the aid of one of their buddies who’d flipped onto his back and couldn’t get right-sided. Not only was the video both fascinating and heart-warming (they got their buddy back on her feet), but […]
Soda in a Milk Jug
The global pandemic of 2020-2022 cost millions of people their lives, their health and their futures. For those who survived or escaped the direct ravages of the disease, suffering came in other forms. For small business owners all over the world with most, if not all, of their customers in lockdown, their business traffic evaporated […]
Hitting a Home Run
Blue Jays Stadium is renowned for at least three things. It is the only Major League Baseball stadium outside of the United States. It was the first stadium to include a hotel with large floor to ceiling windows that looked out over the entire field, allowing visitors to watch the game while still in bed. […]
Mundane Does Not Mean Meaningless
A recent article in the WSJ outlined a two decade pursuit of one of the significant challenges faced daily by parents of children with long hair. Too young or lacking in the regular habit of brushing their own hair the task often falls to a parent who, seeing the child on his or her way […]
I’m With Her
Lee Skeet is owner and chef at Cora, in Cardiff Wales. As a small business and restaurant owner, he is used to taking the heat and working under pressure. Since he worked under Gordon Ramsay early in his career, he certainly knows the “heat” at the higher ends of the scale. All of this experience […]
Bridging the Generational Divide
A few years ago, the phrase “hey boomer” became a viral putdown from Gen Z and Millennials to their parents and older leaders trying to put life experience and wisdom forward as a solution to an existing challenge. The struggle between established and rising generations is as old as time. And, if you wait long […]
Influence and Flexibility – How do I maintain a relationship?
Imagine a line that represents the amount of influence we have over things in our life. The far-left end of the line is “no influence” and the far right is “total influence.” Relationships violate a simple rule when one or another party to that relationship assumes they can control the other party. […]
One Plus One Equals Two, Until it Doesn’t
It is easy to make assumptions. Sometimes we don’t realize that something we take as an absolute, other’s may not see that way. Afterall, One Plus One Equals Two, Until it Doesn’t.
A Tiny Slice of Connection
We found that 3 times as many stories are consumed each day about contention in the world and at home, than stories about people coming together, or connecting. Have you experienced more contention than connection in the last few years? Are we setting ourselves and our companies up for failure by not recognizing where we can come together? What can we do to begin focusing on connections?
