The last 48 hours have felt like a long string of discontinuity. We have awakened in Canada, Germany and France over that period and used pretty much every motorized form of transport available. Last night we arrived in the southern French village of Olonzac that will be home for the next three weeks. The annual … Continue reading What Makes Transition Smoother – Continuity or Discontinuity?
How Will You Ultimately Measure Your Success?
Tomorrow is the first day of my “first retirement”. That’s the day where I deliberately shift the way I think of myself from “needing to work” to “wanting to work”. The milestone has me thinking of it as the first day of the rest of my life, and asking questions about how I might look … Continue reading How Will You Ultimately Measure Your Success?
Leadership and Other Meaningful Roles
I had a coffee yesterday with an ex-colleague that I hadn’t seen in a number of years. He reached out to me over LinkedIn and suggested that we meet. I had last known him as a successful leader at a consulting firm, but he indicated in our communications leading up to our meeting that he … Continue reading Leadership and Other Meaningful Roles
Don’t Mess With Happy
On my drive to work in the mornings I like to listen to an “all sports” radio show. I find it relaxing and entertaining, and I get to keep up with my favorite teams as I go. A couple of weeks ago, I was listening to a segment about a hockey player who had signed a … Continue reading Don’t Mess With Happy
What’s the Goal? Profitability or Sustainability?
Lately I’ve been thinking about money a bit more than I often do. It has to do with how close we are getting to our “first retirement”. For my wife, that is pretty much a complete departure from work. She doesn’t plan to do anything close to what she does now moving into the future. … Continue reading What’s the Goal? Profitability or Sustainability?
Perfect is the Enemy of “Good Enough”
For those of you who have read my posts over the past month or so, you may have noticed that I’ve been exploring a couple of themes. Those have been Geoffrey Moore’s work on core vs. context and the concept of managing our inner board of directors (adapted from Kerry Parson’s work on The Essential … Continue reading Perfect is the Enemy of “Good Enough”
Leading Essentially 