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Watching the Fire
Sheila invited me to a date night down at the Touchstone Center for Crafts in the Laurel Highlands. Touchstone

Organizations Have a What’s Next Problem Too
Their Leadership Plans In my Substack posts, I mostly write about what it means for individuals to navigate What’s

Something Unexpected Is Still Growing
Hair Today, More Tomorrow The summer I interned at the National Institutes of Health, I got a perm. The

How I Spent My Birthday Awake Wondering Who Is Right
It is 1:54 on Tuesday morning as I am writing this. I know the exact time because I just

I Asked AI to Roast Me.
It Got Personal. Editor’s Note: A number of folks have reached out to me asking why I haven’t written

The Day I Became My Own Client
One ending, one beginning Sixteen years ago, I walked into my boss’s office for our regular Monday morning meeting
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Don’t Forget You
I had a full day on Monday and was giving serious thought to canceling going to my workout class
Rethinking the Traumatizing Workplace
Rethinking the Traumatizing Workplace A number of letters to the New York Times Work Friend Advice Column understandably focus
Helping our Teenagers
The CDC released a report on their survey of 17,000 teenagers. There was some good news and some not-good
Metta: The Loving Kindness Meditation
The first time I did the Loving Kindness Meditation, I thought it was hokey. A bit like sending hopes
The Disney Layoffs
As The Walt Disney Company, Zoom, and Philips announced layoffs, leaders’ heads are spinning in knowing the right way
Resilience in a Foreign Language is Still Resilience…or Is It?
A European leader shared that reading Cody’s blog last week got him thinking about resilience for his team and