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Delete that photo!
A friend whose opinion I respect forwarded me a photo taken when I did not — shall we say — look my best. It got me thinking: Does this require action? Should I tighten up my reputation management?...
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Reinvention and upside down tomatoes
I stopped into my favorite charity shop and watched a volunteer pull one of those grow-tomatoes-upside-down kits out of a bag. A botanical reinvention built on the premise that plants — like people,...
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Values and downsizing
I’m downsizing from a 2200 square foot house to a 640 square foot apartment. I always thought I’d be a little old lady in a rambling house with tomatoes and cats, but that may not be the case. I have...
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Stand up straight!
I came of age during the dawn of the fashionable slouch. Despite my mother’s admonitions to keep my shoulders back, I conformed to the preferred silhouette: the pelvis forward, knees bent. It has...
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3 Easy Nano-Vacations to Stretch the Mind and Heart
During August, I think about checking out. It’s hot, the tomatoes are spent and the watermelons are starting to get mealy. People are gone. It’s easy to be grumpy and slog through the month. Don’t...
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The Boy Who Wants to Be a Scientist
I took the iPod out of my young friend’s ear and suggested he would make a great mayor. ”I don’t want to be a mayor, he said. ”I want to be a scientist.” I was impressed. I have a young friend who...
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Over Deliver and Keep ‘Em Coming Back for More
“Do you know anyone in Togo?” Brand loyalty is built on relationships. I picked up the call over 20 years ago on a July 4th afternoon. The voice at the other end of the line belonged to an AT&T...
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Work Smart: Learn to Work with People, Not Their Age
A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, I worked in a team of 30-somethings. A manager in our group hired a woman in her 50′s. I remember her being beautiful: dark, shoulder length hair (smartly...
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With Troll Countersuit, Martha Stewart Supports Innovation
Lost among the bright-and-shiny objects currently trending — the handshake, the phone call, the junior senator from Texas and service for her own dropped iPad — was Martha Stewart’s counter suit...
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Stay Curious Despite the Shutdown: Try edX
“We’re looking for the international space station,” my elderly neighbors said as they looked up at the night sky. “What does it look like?” I asked. The night sky on Oct. 13, 2013 in Austin, Texas....
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Be Great
Each of us can be great — in our own way. Great human beings don’t spring full-blown from Zeus’ head like Athena, the Greek goddess of wisdom and inspiration. The trick lies in uncovering, then...
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Delete that photo!
A friend whose opinion I respect forwarded me a photo taken when I did not — shall we say — look my best. It got me thinking: Does this require action? Should I tighten up my reputation management?...
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Get curious and contribute
Ever sit in a meeting fidgeting, thinking “what a waste of time”? (Ever breathe?) Without a doubt, we can be better at running them. But what about being a better participant — contributing more...
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Beyond Work Hard/Play Hard: Building a Resilient Culture
The most surprising aspect of a SXSW Interactive workshop on corporate culture was how few people showed up and participated. “Beyond Ping Pong Tables: Building Better Companies” was by far the best...
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University student-designed solar cars show a path to the future
Finding myself fretting about the future of mockingbirds in a changing climate, I ventured over to the Circuit of the Americas to see what the American Solar Challenge was all about. University...
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Take a Moment to Be Quiet
It’s Sept. 11, which is now far enough in the past that many people don’t remember the horror of the day. But there’s much to be said for pausing to remember that anything can happen at any moment....
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Mercury Retrograde and Other Uncontrollable Mysteries
Somehow in the hurry-scurry of the new year, I missed Kristin Dombek’s beautiful piece in last Sunday’s NYT, “Retrograde Beliefs, In defense of magical thinking.” Read it if you haven’t because...
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Small Successes
I’ve been thinking a lot about small successes. The ones that encourage us to take the next step. It all started when a group of friends and I took in a dog whose owner, also a friend, died. A trainer...
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Appreciate the process
I am firmly convinced there are no straight lines. The goal may be clear – a speech, successful meeting, signed contract — but the path rarely maps with the project plan. A colleague once told me she...
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SXSW Interactive: Can design change the way we think about healthcare delivery?
Can we use the creativity and rigors of the design process to change how we deliver health care? After a week of SXSW Interactive, I’d say yes, it makes sense and certainly couldn’t hurt. After over a...
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