Herb Kelleher: Creating Economic Value Based on Human Values
16 January 2019
A legendary CEO, Herb Kelleher of Southwest Airlines, passed away last week. Many articles have already been written memorializing him, including thi…
Avoid the Arbitrary Constraints of Time
7 December 2018
It's that time of the year again when many people ask "where did the year go?" and furiously try to wrap up projects, crank out potentia…
Looking Forward With Alfred Adler
15 November 2018
Meanings are not determined by situations, but we determine ourselves by the meanings we give to situations. - Alfred Adler I'm not really sure h…
Treating Lean Psychosis
19 October 2018
The treatment of people with severe mental illness often means locking them away in large, impersonal facilities or letting them bounce between short…
Midnight at the Gemba
28 September 2018
In the late 1990s I was working in the Silicon Valley for a Fortune-50 medical device company, responsible for a drug infusion pump manufacturing oper…
When Noise Masks the Problem
12 August 2018
Last week I was reading Mark Graban's latest book, Measures of Success, which does a great job of discussing how to use data to effectively lead a…
Shoulder Surgery for Rotator Cuff Tear and Calcific Tendonitis - My Story
12 August 2018
This is the story of my journey through shoulder surgery. I've been helped by many such stories, so I thought I'd try to give back by sharing…
Thinking About Thinking
12 July 2018
For the past several years I've been fascinated by how we think - and how that affects us, our leadership, and the organizations we're a part…