December 2023 Blog Posts (11)

“Not in his goals but in his transitions man is great.”  — Ralph Waldo Emerson[1]…

How often have we marveled at the beauty of a butterfly while also failing to acknowledge the changes it went through to achieve it? Such willful blindness is of course natural when we remember how painful change can be, yet few things are as painful as staying…

During a recent virtual event hosted by NetSquared of Adelaide­,[1] I facilitated a workshop…

He knew where he was and why he was there, but what he didn’t know was who he was.

While…

A friend recently told me how much money his company had spent on a presenter for an all-company virtual meeting—to the tune of $100,000.

This friend was part of the planning committee tasked with…

“Since October 7th, Israeli politicians, journalists and commentators have been doubling down on their claim to the Israeli public that “there are no innocents in Gaza.” They willingly ignore the fact that Gaza’s population stands at 2.3 million, with 40% of them under age 15.

"There are no innocents in Gaza” is not only an inhumane claim, but a dangerous one. The only way to interpret it is as a blank check to justify the extensive killing of the men, women, and children in…

When it was too tough to break by hand, he would burn firewood over the rock and then pour water over the hot surface. The thermal stress would crack the rock into manageable pieces that could then be carried…

The umpire wasn’t happy, and didn’t hesitate to let the player know how he felt. Looking up into the stands, he yelled, “You’re done!”

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This week is very different from every other week for the past seven years, and moving forward, things are going to be very different.

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A gust of wind burst in when he opened the door and told me to stick my legs out. At first, instinct refused to comply, but I reminded myself that Dean had done this thousands of times. He knew what he was…