Give the hat to someone else

The complexity of business today requires organizations to assemble a myriad of skills and experiences to assemble a high-performing team. With the diversity of functions to perform, getting the right people in the right places is key to success. It may be tempting to...

A choice beyond ourselves

Recent health events have inferred a new set of choices that we never imagined we would have to or need to make. While we have a choice in our decision, like other choices, some have minor implications, and others with a far more significant bearing on not only...

Abundance among weeds

Weeds are considered a blight, a nuisance, and an invasive presence by most avid gardeners and farmers. They are unintended and uninvited, and the question is, how does one get rid of them? Naturally, we go to lengths to eradicate the nuisance. In the eighteenth...

Trust, front and center

The fundamental value we rely on to conduct, interact, and participate in almost all we do daily: trust. We are unable to function unless we trust the people we know and even those we don’t. We trust that the company has packaged the decaf coffee as labeled, the news...

Keep it fresh

There is much to be said for fresh. It typically tastes, looks, feels, smells and sounds better. There is good reason why the label fresh is used extensively as a selling point, and a guarantee of freshness brings value and appeal. Our best work is done when we are...