I was blessed to meet Meg Wheatley, Ph.D. when we shared the podium at an innovation conference last year. Meg is the author of one of my favorite books on leadership, the groundbreaking best seller: Leadership and The New Science. She is a passionate and gifted proponent of humanistic values and the creative strategies needed [...]
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Turning to One Another: Simple Conversations to Restore Hope to the Future
Perfect Valentine’s Day Present: A Daily Dose of Wonder
Jill Badonsky, author of The Nine Modern Day Muses (and a Bodyguard): 10 Guides to Creative Inspiration for Artists, Poets, Lovers, and Other Mortals Wanting to Live a Dazzling Existence has released a new and wonderful work called The Awe-manac: A Daily Dose of Wonder. This book is a fabulous resource for creative living and [...]
Culinary Creativity from Julia Child and James Beard 2.0!
Karen Page is a Harvard MBA and the former chairperson of the Harvard Business School Women’s Alumni Association. Andrew Dornenburg, is a world class chef who cooked with Anne Rosenzweig at Arcadia. Together, they are the James Beard Award winning authors of Becoming a Chef and 8 other outstanding books on food and wine. Their [...]
Book Recommendation: A New Paradigm for Business
When I began leading seminars for companies in the late 1970s my vision was rather idealistic: I wanted to help businesses become more creative and humanistic as a means to serving the greater good. Of course, I learned quickly that creativity and humanism had to go hand-in-hand with profitability. So, I devoted myself to helping [...]
2 Good Books About Feeling Good
Jim Clawson is a Professor at the University of Virginia’s Darden Business School and the author of the classic Level Three Leadership. I’m blessed with the opportunity to co-teach an Executive Development program with Jim at Darden. He is a remarkably gifted and dedicated educator. In his groundbreaking new book Powered by Feel Jim and [...]
Must See Movie: Slumdog Millionaire
I confess that I rarely make it to a movie theater these days. I’m usually content to wait for the DVD to appear. In this case, however, I’m glad I ventured out. I saw this movie on a very big screen at the Arclight Cinema in Los Angeles. The size of the screen and intensity [...]