Yesterday I found myself using a pair of scissors that are more than a hundred years old. They belonged to my grandfather. My dad kept them for decades, and when he passed away, they ended up in a box with a handful of things I couldn’t imagine throwing away. I needed to trim a few…
That title probably sounds ridiculous. After all, you’re there every day. You know the people, you know how decisions get made, and you’ve watched the organization grow over time. So how could I possibly suggest that the organization you’re leading no longer exists? Here’s what I mean. One of the things I’ve noticed after spending…
Several years ago, I was on a sailing trip in the Bahamas with my family. One afternoon, while windsurfing through a shallow bay, I came across something I had never seen before. Five or six live queen conchs had been wired together and left on the ocean floor. At first, I couldn’t make sense of it. They…