Archive for the 'Courage' Category

Announcing Our New iPhone App

Wednesday, May 16th, 2012

Dear Friends, When I was working in the Czech Republic last year, I met a young team of application developers who loved our Spirit@Work® Cards so much they offered to develop an app for the iPhone and the iPad. It has just been released and is available in the iTunes store for just $2.99. There [...]

The Growing Challenge in Corporate America

Wednesday, March 14th, 2012

During a conversation today with senior leaders of one of America’s once great companies, I learned of their plans to cut costs during the next fiscal year. After several years of budget cuts, sales declines, sinking employee morale, stress and burnout, and the theft of personal passion and inspiration, the solution for these leaders is to [...]

Steve Jobs: In the Words of His Sister Mona Simpson

Thursday, November 3rd, 2011

If you haven’t yet read the eulogy for Steve Jobs delivered by his sister, Mona Simpson, take a moment to do so – and be sure to have plenty of Kleenex handy.  This is a remarkable piece of writing about a remarkable man. Seldom is one so privileged to peek through this most intimate and [...]

What the World Needs Now

Friday, October 28th, 2011

Don Tapscot, in his recent Huffingtpon Post article reports on the priorities of the World Economic Forum’s Global Agenda Councils. He notes that they are: Growth and Employment Models The policy prescriptions, industry models and performance incentives that emerged from an era of consumption and debt-driven growth must be transformed to deliver quality growth. Growth [...]

On Being Inspired in a Team

Wednesday, October 12th, 2011

In Keith Richards recent autobiography entitled, “Life“, he writes about what it feels like to be inspired as part of a team that is one of the greatest in history – The Rolling Stones. He writes, “There’s a certain moment when you realize that you’ve actually just left the planet for a bit and that [...]