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In this TED video, Drew Dudley (tell me his parents didn’t name him after some fictional cowboy figure), helps us recognize the power of everyday leadership.  It’s an amazing concept that we should all aspire to.  Drew talks about a “lollypop moment”.  It’s a moment that I think many of us, as leaders and as regular…

The truth is, I love cakes, I really do. The recipe that was handed down to me by my mother has all the elements of a fabulous New York style creamy cheesecake heavy on the graham cracker crust (my favorite part) and a sour cream topping that adds just the right tanginess. I always make…

My team (steeped in the 80/20 rule or Pareto Principle) came to me with this; Trello’s (new?) way of adding priorities to cards - and I have to say it looks very cool.  Unfortunately, this time Trello got it wrong. Looks can be deceiving.  Ok Trello fans, before you dismiss me and send me hate mail, know that I’m a big Trello fan…

I’ve been flying for over 50 years. How a plane defies gravity with its own massive weight along with the weight of passengers, baggage and freight is, for me, always mind-boggling. Every time I fly.  Core values of flight  An airplane is designed and constructed by teams of thousands of individuals meticulously following an explicitly detailed master plan. Each step enables it to ascend and…

Did you publicly criticize climate 16-year-old activist Greta Thunberg for “surrendering to catastrophism”?  Really? I am so astounded by your comment, which I read moments ago in Forbes Magazine that I simply had to write to you and make sure that there was no error involved. Surely, as Europe’s wealthiest adult, you have better things…

Ask your team to identify their biggest productivity killer and inevitably two issues will rise to the top of the list: managing their inboxes and their useless meeting schedules. I'll tackle the former in a future post. For now, I'd like to focus on increasing the value of effective meetings by sharing a practice our…