How confident do you feel in what you do? Confidence is being touted as solution that solves all. People confidently espouse their views, presenting themselves as infallible experts or leaders who know the right way to do things. And the experts tell us that we really just need to be confident to be successful. Dive …
On November 9, I wrote about an experience I had with my 2-year old niece, the first time her parents left her with someone else (me) for a couple of hours, while they went to the bank. How, when she finally realized they weren’t there, she searched for them, and then cried, then went into …
From time to time I find myself stuck. You know that feeling: it feels like you are trapped and that nothing you do will make a difference. I felt trapped at work – I couldn’t figure out how to move to the next level of a relationship with someone that I needed to get feedback …
Recently, I've been working a lot with Future Stories. Future Stories enable you to describe the future state of a project that you're working on, so that others understand that project and participate in making it happen. For example, imagine you are working on a strategic dashboard. You have met with all the stakeholders and …
When I was a child, I had trouble learning the difference between my left and my right. This is not uncommon, I am sure. When one of my best friends navigates, I always turn left when she says right, because I know she meant left. Another friend and I get into knock-down, drag-out arguments about …
