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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 ...
Stories 2019: How Did It Go?
In 2017, I began submitting and tracking my fiction writing and then posted a 2018 update. How did ...
Managing Risk by Screening Out Trouble
My work as a researcher in forestry sometimes highlights ideas relevant to developing plans or managing risk in ...
Stories 2018: How Did It Go?
In 2017, I began submitting and tracking my fiction writing in earnest. So, how did it go this past ...
Communicating in Public: How to Prepare and Deliver a Wedding Toast
Since clipping on my first tie as a child, I’ve sat through many a wedding speech. Unfortunately, most memorable ...
The Most Important Person on the Team
Who is the most important person on your team? As much as we’re “all created equal,” we join and work with teams ...
6th Edition of “Forest Finance Simplified” Now Available!
Forisk Press recently published the 6th Edition of the Forest Finance Simplified book by Dr. Brooks ...
Stories 2017: How Did It Go?
In 2017, I began submitting and tracking my fiction writing in earnest. How did it go?
From August through ...