Greetings. For the past four years Chinese artist Yang Weidong has been asking many of China's leading thinkers the following question: "What do you need?" It is a question intended to gauge the real obstacles to achieving their full potential as...
Greetings. Libraries have been around for more than 3,000 years with the oldest one being discovered in what is now Syria–a country with a rich history that today is continually in the news but not because of its vast library of important texts and...
Greetings. The real importance of Memorial Day often seems lost amid "holiday" sales, cookouts, beach weekends, soccer tournaments and the semi-official start of summer. Events that are all about hitting the highway in search of great...
Greetings. Comedian Paula Poundstone once offered the following insight: "Adults are always asking children what they want to be when they grow up–it's because they are looking for ideas." It's an amusing notion that might even have a...
Greetings. It's the start of a new week and another chance to stand out from the crowd. But how will your company or organization make it happen? Over the weekend, while buying natural and organic dog food at our local pet store (I sure hope our dog...
Greetings. We live in a "self-help" world as companies and organizations try to get us to do more of their work. And, for the most part, we seem to be pretty happy with this idea. After all, who wants to spend countless minutes or hours...
Greetings. I've often led leadership teams in dramatic readings of "Where the Wild Things Are"–Maurice Sendak's classic children's book about overcoming our fears and the power of our imaginations. So his passing this week...
Greetings. Today is "National Teacher's Day" here in the U.S. and a chance to pause and honor a group of people who don't always get the credit they deserve. Teachers. People who play a vital role in the learning and eventual success of...
Greetings. Who could have imagined that an 1895 Norwegian painting that is all about stress and human anxiety would become the most expensive work of art ever sold at auction. Yet yesterday, Edvard Munch's widely-known creation "The Scream"...
Greetings. Susan Cain's insightful new book Quiet: The Power of Introverts is an important reminder that people and innovation come in all shapes, sizes and personalities. Just because we live in a somewhat "extroverted" society that seems...
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