I love photography. I love finding the right photos to augment a story almost as much as I love writing them. From a photographer’s perspective reflections are such a “can’t miss” place to point a lens. The other thing I love about reflections is the role their opposite natures play in composing the overall beauty … Continue reading Reflecting on Rewards: Ego or Essential?
Corporate Culture: Do We See People As “It” Or “You”?
It really is incredible how many people we come across in a day. A number of them are very familiar to us, and some of those are incredibly important. Our spouse, our kids, our parents, close friends, etc. After that there is probably a group of people we see most days like our co-workers, parents … Continue reading Corporate Culture: Do We See People As “It” Or “You”?
3 Ways to Get Centered At Work
I spent a lot of this weekend immersed in some deep reading on the topic of emotional intelligence. The way our brains connect between individuals without us really knowing what is happening fascinates me. It’s pretty challenging stuff, and I started getting lost in understanding how this knowledge applied in my engagement with others, how I … Continue reading 3 Ways to Get Centered At Work
Restructuring Our Internal Board of Directors
In a post I wrote last week, I discussed the concept of our internal board of directors which is responsible for the self-critical internal chatter that most of us experience. The main message of the post is that there are techniques we can employ that will increase our self-awareness of how these internal critics influence our … Continue reading Restructuring Our Internal Board of Directors
Lessons Learned While Driving This Week
It wasn’t a normal week of driving, the kind where I pull out of my garage, tune in to my favourite radio station and engage the autopilot for a trip which I won’t remember more than 30 seconds of once I park in the same spot I always do underground at the office.
How To Know When To Change
The last two weeks my posts have been based on Geoffrey Moore’s model of Core vs. Context, and I don’t feel quite ready to leave it alone yet. Writing these past two posts has really opened a window of introspection for me. How has this model applied to my life? Do I have any evidence … Continue reading How To Know When To Change
Leading Essentially 