With a home office it's all too evident that right now I'm working all day while my kids are playing. But I don't have to settle for a "poor me, look at me slaving away" attitude about the things I'm doing. I'm reminded about Ellen Langer of Harvard University and her study of mindfulness vs. mindlessness. Today I'd like to revisit some of her ideas about work vs. play.



When your young child is at play he or she is in the moment - thinking in ways that, for example, enable a cardboard… Continue

Where would you go if you wanted to learn from other leaders in a relaxed setting? Where would you go if you would like to get to know other leaders from around the world, network, collaborate, and improve?…

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There are some hold-out leaders who still haven't formally articulated a values-based guidance system for their companies. Some haven't because they don't think they are big enough yet, some because their focus is completely on profitability (however they have to get there,) and some because the whole values thing feels too squishy and new-agey.



It's interesting to me that the vast majority of performance concerns come down, though, to values-based conflicts:

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We could talk about life-long learning in general terms, but you know as well as I do that nothing significant in the way of progress happens until you get more specific. Do you have an idea… Continue