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Managing Yourself

This post introduces an essay with ideas and resources on personal productivity. It is the third in a three-part ...

Stories 2020: How Did It Go?

In 2017, I began submitting and tracking my fiction writing and then posted updates in 2018 and 2019. How did it ...

Ideas for Managers

This post introduces an essay with advice on managing a business, setting expectations and working with teams. It ...

Ideas for Entrepreneurs

This post introduces an essay with advice on starting a business. It is the first in a three-part ...

Multitasking is a Myth

This post introduces a recent essay on the dangers of multitasking and the importance of deliberately choosing ...

We All Lead by Example

This post introduces a recent essay on four imperatives for living and leading by example.  When we smile, ...

Average is the Enemy

This post introduces a recent essay on the danger of using averages for making decisions or evaluating ...

What is the Question?

This post introduces a recent essay on mobilizing teams and making decisions during difficult times. When ...

Managers Manage Well, Even During Pandemics

In my roles as a business advisor and as a team leader, I have the opportunity to continually discuss and test ...

Leaders Plan and Communicate Expectations

In college at MIT, I played baseball for Coach Fran O’Brien. MIT hired Coach O’Brien in 1969. In the twenty ...

Mystery Tribune Publishes “Tour De Forest”

Mystery Tribune, a magazine of fiction, non-fiction, art and photography that celebrates mystery and suspense, ...

Thinking Through Risk and Uncertainty: Contemplating the Coronavirus

“Without a structured approach to ordering the world, the world will impose its views on us. The fact is some ...