Things I’ve Learned About Meetings

Tip of the hat to Amy Dolan of Lemon Lime Kids and Greg Carlson of Trinity International University- they both have taught me many of these principles and helped me prepare to be an effective meeting leader. Principles of Effective Meetings 1.  Start with inviting the...

Free Your Ideas

I’m always looking for new ways to get my ideas on paper.  Recently a friend introduced me to the “Personal Idea Pad” or PIP, from Accidental Creative.  PIP is a really effective brainstorming tool.  It structures your thoughts, gives a framework for...

The Importance of Process

In the summer of 1998, the world of chess was changed.  Battles between chess grandmasters and computers ten years earlier were dominated by human intellect and intuition.  Then in 1997, the $10 million supercomputer “Deep Blue” soundly defeated Gary...

Creating a Smaller Here

The following paragraphs are taken directly from Stephen Johnson’s blog. In his essay introducing The Long Now Foundation, Brian Eno tells the story of visiting a wealthy friend in her downtown loft, in an otherwise destitute Manhattan neighborhood circa 1978: I...