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Keep Clean
I just read some NYT articles and accompanying reader comments on Lance Armstrong. The comments were consistently negative: folks are angry and disappointed about Armstrong’s doping and years of denial. I had expected to see some defend him with the ‘everyone-else-does-it’ argument, but I didn’t read any. One comment mentions another American Tour de France more…
Breakeven Point for Happiness
A New York Times article reviews research conducted on the benefits of higher income. The research shows: “Additional income doesn’t buy us any additional happiness once we reach that comfortable standard. The magic number that defines this ‘comfortable standard’ varies across individuals and countries, but in the United States, it seems to fall somewhere around more…
Working Solutions
I am please to be facilitating for a second time Working Solutions‘ annual strategic planning session. Working Solutions is a San Francisco-based nonprofit providing business coaching, loans and referrals to businesses throughout the Bay Area. Emily Gasner, Executive Director, has built a strong program that helps revitalize local economies and strengthen the small business sector. more…
Jobs and Meg Whitman
Jobs and Meg Whitman I heard a part of the debate between Jerry Brown and Meg Whitman recently. Meg bemoaned businesses moving out of California because of our unfriendly business policies. She should check out this report Business Relocation and Homegrown Jobs by Jed Kolko, of the Public Policy Institute of California. Kolko observed “that more…
What’s Wrong as Well as What’s Right
My favorite ballet instructor was wonderful at demonstrating how to execute moves correctly. But what set her apart from other instructors was her ability to mimic what they we were doing wrong. Often, an instructor says, “Do this!” and we think, “Well I am.” But sometimes someone has to point out what we are doing more…
Transform not just Transact
You’ve been wanting to make some changes in your business or organization. Better programs, more profits, increased staff engagement. But things haven’t shifted the way you had hoped. There are two types of inputs to use when you want things to change. Transactional inputs are those that focus on building skills or creating new systems: more…