Beyond Zoom

Do you go to gatherings or meetings with other people and then go and sit in another room, or choose to sit alone observing others while you make other calls or read a book?  The practices of people and organizations on video calls will provide insight into both...

Execute with kindness

To be hanged, drawn, and quartered became a statutory penalty for men convicted of high treason in the Kingdom of England from 1352, and to those who were judged to be a traitor faced a horrific and gruesome demise. Fortunately, this practice is no longer in place in...

On the same page

It is often subject to interpretation. Not only are words there for different translations, but even more so the intent of certain words we loosely use daily: responsibility and accountability, inclusion, completion, planning, outcomes.  In many instances, the...

Tone in content

Communication remains one of the more significant challenges in any organization or relationship, and most organizations will always have a facet of communication as a goal for improvement.  So for something we do daily, why is it we can get it so wrong at times?...

Subject to interpretation

Information shared can be construed and reshared in many ways, and therein lies the issue.  We see and hear things in different ways, which brings opportunity and strife. One can lose the tone, humor, intent, and underlying sentiment in a simple message. It leads...