It’s just different

We label them lazy. Unmotivated. Entitled. The younger generation on our teams doesn’t work the way we did. They don’t hustle the same hours. They don’t chase the same carrots. So we shake our heads and wonder where the ambition went. But...

They’ll forget your demands

We push. We insist. We demand change, believing our authority will make it stick. It won’t. People might comply in the moment, nodding, agreeing, executing. But compliance isn’t commitment. The change we force rarely outlasts our watchful eye. What...

Being still v standing still

A story is told that Walter Massa, an Italian winemaker from Tortona, offered this distinction: “We shouldn’t stand still. We should be still.” A subtle difference. One you likely caught immediately. Standing still suggests paralysis. Frozen by...

Unhurried

We’ve confused speed with progress. The espresso in an Italian café takes thirty seconds to pull, maybe sixty seconds to drink. But the ritual? That takes thirty minutes. The barista who knows your name. The conversation that meanders. The observation of life...

Schedule snow days

Yesterday morning, watching snow fall. The world went quiet. Not the quiet where you’re waiting for something to interrupt – actual silence. It was beautiful in a way we’ve forgotten to notice. We’ve convinced ourselves that constant noise...