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I think continually of those who were truly great.
Who, from the womb, remembered the soul’s history.
- “The Truly Great” by Stephen Spenders (as read by David Whyte)
Two colleagues pass each other in the corporate hallways and one exclaims, “Good morning! How is your soul doing today?” If the other had a moment to think, he’d [...]

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Let me start by saying I don’t hate businesses. I teach small business, I work with them, and I am one myself. It just drives me nuts when business becomes the proverbial hammer for all of our worldly problems.
Business is just one sector of a wide range of human activities that serves society. [...]

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One of the most common challenges raised by business owners and other people pursuing a venture is the “I can’t focus or do things consistently” challenge. This is another variation on the classic problem of not being able to get to the gym often enough.
The common solution? Discipline. This word is often linked with the [...]

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Imagine a scene out of a science-fiction fantasy novel where an ancient wizard stands atop a cliff overlooking a battle between two warring clans. From here the wizard sees not just the entire landscape, but also the entire significance and context of this conflict. On the ground, the warrior feels every clash of swords, tastes [...]

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TED.com has exploded in popularity as an online place to hear and see ideas from really interesting people from the around the world. Now that TED.com has licensed their name to encourage independent TED-like conferences, us locals can also participate in person.
Last Thursday April 26th, a group of distinguished speakers and over one hundred attendees [...]

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Last time, I introduced the roles of prophets, critics, and truth-tellers in enriching the ecology of leadership. I failed to mention however that there is an implied assumption that those truth-tellers and prophets are adaptive.
This is, of course, not the case.
Pundits, deniers, and “false” prophets that disguise themselves as truth-tellers are plentiful. There are still [...]

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Continuing from the last article, we know that leadership is not just a position. But there are many roles played within a healthy ecology of
leadership. What are some of the roles played in this ecology of leadership? How then can you cultivate these roles in the ecology?
Here are three roles that often goes unmentioned in [...]

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Last time I mentioned the need to exercise the part of your brain that does focused, careful work.
But let’s face it. Multi-tasking is a reality (even if a perceived reality) of every busy entrepreneur. So you might as well get good at it. Here are three tips:
1. Maintain context
We are more productive multi-tasking if we [...]

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After eleven years of study and training, my wife finally received her first degree blackbelt in karate called a shodan in Renbukai karate. It was a proud achievement, but in the oriental tradition, the shodan merely indicates that she is now ready to be a serious student of the art.
In this respect, I notice a [...]

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If you missed Tod Maffin’s entertaining presentation or happened to be multi-tasking while you were there, here are three gems from the presentation that I think will make a tangible difference to your business.
1. Traditional versus Participatory Marketing
Tod used the analogy that traditional marketing is like being the lead bird in a flock. You send [...]

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