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Mar
27
Black and white image, many electrical towers in the foreground, forest and mountains in the background

Warm Take: Power

On the invisible org chart -- and I promise, you have one.
3 min read
Mar
20
Yellow handset telephone, rotary dial, probably from the 1960s?

Warm Take: Feedback

Accurate feedback can be hard to come by
3 min read
Mar
13
TV screen, showing colorful, quiltlike pixilation, lots of blues and greens with splashes of red and black

Adam, and Elizabeth, and Travis, oh my! Supporting Members #17

The first time as tragedy, the second as entertainment
9 min read
Feb
13
An man helping a tween girl docking a red canoe, with an older man riding in the stern

Competence: On Management #48

“…The best lack all conviction, while the worst / Are full of passionate intensity…”
10 min read
Jan
16
Winter forest, snow-covered wooden bridge reflected in a stream, surrounded by snowy banks and trees

Warm Take: It's still Groundhog Day

Did anyone else re-watch *Contagion* in an attempt to assert a small measure of control over our current circumstances?
6 min read
Dec
05
Garden made, manicured green hedges organized around a central circular edge, with a tree growing in the middle.

Warm Take: The Resignation is actually not that great

It has attained meme status. It may not be real.
4 min read
Nov
07
Peanuts cartoon gif: Lucy, pulling the football away from Charlie Brown

Warm Take: Reading and Believing. November 8, 2021

Is The Discourse making you a better manager?
4 min read
Oct
24
Long shadows of 4 people, reflected on a tree-lined-gravel country road

Warm Take: Shadow Values. October 24, 2021

Are shadow values about how power works in an organization?
2 min read
Oct
10
Photo of a 1950s station wagon, from Beacon NY public school, bearing Student Driver placard

Warm Take: Advice. October 10, 2021

3 min read
Oct
03
Elementary school children on stage for a talent show.

Talent, part 1. October 3, 2021

4 min read