


Did You Feed Your Soul Today?
I know it’s important to begin each day with self-care — simple rituals that get your mind and body right. Meditation. Exercise. Spiritual pursuits. Journaling. Intentionally carving out that time is so critically important to being a happy and productive human.
Except I don’t do it. It’s far easier for me to hop out of bed and race down the litany of to-do’s and handling “this one little work thing”. Before long, morning has turned to afternoon and the hamster wheel is still spinning. Oftentimes I’ve given away the best of my energy and brainpower to things that don’t require much of either.

Design Thinking, Organizational Development, and Dungeons & Dragons
The idea for this article has been percolating in my head for many months, and it’s something I’ve been hesitant to write for a long time. But here it is. I play Dungeons and Dragons. Even better, I believe that D&D has tremendous power to make organizations...
Making Mistakes Matures the Brain
Saw this Forbes article and it got me thinking about the Miles Davis quote, “If you’re not making mistakes, it’s a mistake.” Too often, failure is positioned as a negative instead of a positive step forward toward inevitable success....
What Does Your Organization Sound Like? Part II: Harmony, Jacob Collier, and Herbie Hancock
I discovered Jacob Collier recently, and then I saw he had made this video about harmony for Wired — and it features the legendary Herbie Hancock. What a fantastic breakdown of a complicated topic – and done in a way that resonates with each target audience. There is...