Enneagram Personality Profile — Benefit or Bogus?
Personality tests help us see more clearly into who we are as well as what motivates our decisions and actions.
Organization Design & Development — Is DIY possible?
Like most of you, I have a list of summertime DIY projects waiting for my attention. As I conduct my research on each one of them, I either decide to proceed or to hire a professional. My decision to DIY…
Teachers, Mentors & Coaches — Are Boundaries Necessary?
Can you be friends with those you teach, mentor or coach? Some would say you can be friendly but must retain a professional distance. For what purpose, I wonder. Respect? Authority? Power? Ethics? When I consider the mentors I am…
Essential Skills for the 21st Century
As the decades pass with technology continuing to accelerate change and demand innovation, increasingly sophisticated skill training is required at younger and younger developmental ages. This was not so evident in my youth. As a 20-year old psychology student in…
Plan, Design, Do or Is Trusting the Process Enough?
With so much of our global experience made visible on a daily basis, I think we can all agree on one thing — life, as we experience it today, is complex. But is this the natural way of things or…
Chemistry & Compatibility — What’s Love Got To Do With It?
Whether platonic or romantic, I have always felt chemistry and compatibility to be foundational pillars of a healthy intimate relationship. But what do we mean when we have chemistry with another person? Is it that felt experience of instant connection?…
Medicine and Money — Intimate Partners in Crime
In 2004, the American Journal of Clinical Oncology published this 11-year research finding — 97% of chemotherapy does not work. WOW, who knew? This research result chalks up as one of the world’s best-kept secrets given most cancer patients over…
Goodbye Depression, Hello Purpose, Curiosity & Commitment
Depression has actually now surpassed HIV/AIDS, malaria, diabetes and war as the leading cause of disability worldwide. Rebecca Brachman For several years, the World Health Organization has predicted the rise of depression to its current status as a priority mental…
Collaboration, High Performance and the Mystery of Being
When I read the following blog title in Inc.com, ‘Collaboration’ Creates Mediocrity, Not Excellence, According to Science, I was stunned. Probably for two reasons, the first being I’ve spent nearly 30 years in business successfully collaborating and co-creating and the…
When Is Enough, Enough?
In 2015, newly-elected Prime Minister Justin Trudeau named 15 women and 15 men to his cabinet. Unbelievably, the media questioned him as to why, and his simple response “Because it’s 2015”, made international headlines and lit up social media. Trudeau’s…
Intuition — The Disruptive Skill
In this era of interconnected, volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous (iVUCA) challenges, disruptive products and services are much sought after. These innovative devices, ideas or processes disrupt existing methods by creating entirely new markets for solving the challenges emerging in…
Deep Collaboration — Have You Covered Your 4 Bases?
During my early work career, authority and control were still operational skills for organizational leaders, which was the main reason I opted for self-employment. Frankly, working in autocratic hierarchical organizations of that day was paramount to having one’s creative flame…