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Stop Staying Busy. Start Being Relevant
I haven’t written a What’s Next piece since early December. Not because I ran out of ideas, but because

Mental Fitness: The Muscle We Forget to Train
Its time our heads have a training program, too When I was at the gym this weekend, trying to

What We’re Really Choosing This Thanksgiving
And it may not be family anymore For years, my Thanksgiving message has always been about why we should

What I Discovered in the Potter’s Studio
Seeing the small things that shape our What’s Next A few weeks ago, Sheila and I were in Taos

The Future of Work is Here
Are You? Amazon announced this week that it’s laying off 14,000 employees—about 5% of its workforce. Paramount Skydance is

The New (and Old) Realities of Careers
What Has Changed—and What Never Will In 2021, I wrote a Resilient Wednesday post about the strength of the
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Words Matter
When I read the word “revanchist” in Sunday morning’s New York Times in a story about Vladimir Putin, I
Art is my Middle Name
I’m lucky to be married to an artist. My wife Sheila was a professional dancer earlier in her career
Our Unrelenting World
I’m finding myself overwhelmed again, much as I did during the early days of Covid. This time, of course,
All Those Thoughts…
A new study suggests that we have over 6000 thoughts a day and other researchers believe they are the
An Antidote to the Great Resignation
Companies are engaged in an all-out battle to win the minds and hearts of their employees. They’ve bumped up
Remember the Helpers
Our Pittsburgh neighbor, Fred Rogers, shared that when he was a child and saw tragic or catastrophic events on