I love to cook and I love to eat. Below is one of my favorite muffin recipes. If you bake them in mini muffin cups they are not only hearty, tasty, and perfect for a morning cup of coffee, but each one is only 70 calories. Packed with raisins, blueberries, and walnuts they have less […]
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For the last seven years, I’ve helped leaders conceive, design, and execute strategies to address Grand Challenges – really wicked, sticky problems that resist superficial solutions, are mind-numbingly complex, and require labor-intensive approaches to resolve. I’m excited to share my next project – working with the Huntsmen Mental Health Institute on a national scale to
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I am reading and listening to a great book by Nick Pyenson, a research geologist and curator of fossil marine mammals at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History here in Washington DC. The book is, Spying on Whales. It is currently an Editor’s Pick on Amazon. I know Nick and in the audio version,
For 20 years, I’ve worked closely with CEOs and senior managers as an executive consultant focusing on challenges related to strategy and innovation. My work has included projects with The World Bank under President James Wolfensohn, the Peace Corp with Director Gaddi Vasquez, senior managers for Royal Dutch Shell, and over 100 engagements with professional
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In my last issue of Monday Morning Mojo, I suggested this weekly missive may be at the end. But, wait! The response I received was off the charts. 48 people wrote to me and an additional 37 simply clicked the don’t stop button. The notes I received ranged from, “Ok. Just don’t stop camping with
“The head of the organization was very important. If he or she made cultural change a personal crusade, it had a much higher chance of succeeding. If he or she treated it as one of numerous initiatives or delegated it pretty much entirely to human resources, success was elusive.” –Â John Kotter John Kotter is the
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For over 10 years I have been sending out my weekly missive, Monday Morning Mojo. I started it because Monday is my favorite day of the week, with all of the possibilities of the week in front of me. I wanted to provide another point of view contrary to those who groan when Monday morning
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Leaders of organizations must consider how technology can disrupt their business models. Remember the internet? It became widely available in 1995-1996, but it wasn’t until the 2000s that we felt the disruption to our business. Think how much has changed since then and how much you rely on the internet today. The internet gave us
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Isaac Asimov’s Foundation Series is being brought to the screen. The stories take place in the end days of a future Galactic Empire, Hari Seldon, a mathematician, develops psychohistory. Using statistics, he predicts the future of large populations. I love sci-fi and so am drawn to it. I couldn’t help but capture the quote above,
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I’ve noticed a shift in attitude from my clients. They see and acknowledge the pressures their leaders face outside of the corporate world and how those pressures impact business strategy and goals. People are under a tremendous amount of stress in and out of the office. We can no longer ask our leaders to attend
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