During a conversation with one of my sons several years ago, we were talking about doing a difficult task, not doing it well, but coming through it all with success. It reminded me of my father’s experience during World War II when he landed a B-29 without its running...
In the seventeenth century, Blaise Pascal said, “Being unable to cure death, wretchedness, and ignorance, men have decided, in order to be happy, not to think about such things. . . . Despite these afflictions man wants to be happy, only wants to be happy, and cannot...
The changes that you confront today require you to think in new ways. You need to think creatively about the development of your business as if you are starting over. Regardless of what you do, demand is growing with ever-increasing urgency to be creative in...
I’ve learned about a very complex pressing issue at a local organization. As I’ve talked with a wide cross-section of people, and this conversation has been going on for over a decade, there is one theme that continues to resonate. Based on what I’ve...
I’ve spent time recently engaged in conversations about how to think. Some of these conversations are about how to develop a new organization, and others are about how to think through problems or tell a story that leads to the resolution of some conflict or...