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How to Engineer an Agile Corporate Culture
“I finally figured something out. Agile development is a culture, not a process.” ~Jeff Patton I have a bum knee. Actually it’s more than bum, it’s truly dysfunctional, especially after running...
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Opps! A Third Critical Life Skill: Effective Public Speaking
My two previous posts on Critical Life Skills for Young People (Checklists and Backwards Planning ) have produced numerous comments. But one, from a fellow blogger who has great insight and...
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Backward Planning: The Second Important Life Skill
You are young at any age if you are planning for tomorrow. In my previous post I introduced the importance of habits and life skills that should be learned at an early age. And believe me, learning...
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Two Life Skills Every Young Person Should Learn
Life skills, like values, are best learned at an early age. In today’s stipped-down, minimalistic educational system, values and life skills are not taught, let alone reinforced, so as parents, it is...
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Foxhole Buddies . . .
“A friend is one who walks in when others walk out” -Walter Winchell Not too long ago I watched the HBO TV miniseries, The Pacific, produced by Tom Hanks. This is a companion piece to the widely...
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The First Step on the Road to Leadership
The journey of a thousand miles begins with but a single step. ~Lao Tzu To say that the road to becoming an effective leader is long and difficult is an understatement and definitely not for the...
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SCUBA Diving and Leadership Effectiveness
The Aqualung, better known as Self-Contained-Underwater-Breathing-Apparatus (SCUBA), was developed in 1943 by an engineer Émile Gagnan, and a young Naval Lieutenant, Jacques Cousteau. It consisted of...
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Leadership . . . Unsafe at any Speed?
In 1965, when I was a junior in high school and sporty, stylish and innovative cars were all the rage, Ralph Nader, a Harvard trained lawyer, published a book that was both highly controversial and...
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A Weekend with Andrew Carnegie
Skibo Castle, ancestral home of Andrew Carnegie There is little success where there is little laughter. ~ Andrew Carnegie This past weekend my family and I spent a glorious few days as the guests of...
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What Did You Learn at School Today?
Rear view of class raising hands — Image by © Royalty-Free/Corbis Life is a serious teacher, she gives the test first and the lesson afterwards, When my daughter was young we had a ritual at the dinner...
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Time, Relationships and 50th High School Reunion
Maybe one day I can have a reunion with myself. ~Sebastian Bach To be quite honest, I was a little apprehensive about attending my 50th high school reunion, and for a number of reasons. First of...
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Oh Captain, My Captain! Why are you abandoning ship?
A couple of years ago I wrote this post about the responsibilities of leadership, but in light of the recent Wells Fargo bank scandal and other examples of unaccountability, I feel compelled to...
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The Good Habit Rabbit: Again
It’s school time again and I thought my readers might find this old post from 2013 of some value, especially those with kids. Enjoy! We had our usual panic one morning before school. “Where’s my...
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Classical Music in the South of France and Group Behaviour
After a successful two weeks of classical music in the south of France, I now have a chance to step back, relax and think about lessons learned. It’s a habit I have used to good advantage throughout...
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English Football (soccer) and Executive Development
Note: This was written and posted in 2014 but is still very appropriate, especially with the UEFA European Championships under way. For the past 20 years I have been living in London and to say that...
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A Lesson in Leadership from Fitbit
Feedback is the breakfast of champions. ~Ken Blanchard Athletes serious about improving their fitness and physical capabilities have always known the value of feedback. How do you know if you are...
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Presence: the other success principle
(Note: This is a post I wrote in January, 2014, but with the recent success of the movie, Eddie the Eagle, I thought the message would again resonate – John R Childress) Presence is more than just...
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Character: Actions, Not Words . . .
If you get to thinkin’ you’re a person of some influence, try orderin’ somebody else’s dog around. ~Cowboy Wisdom Fishing is definitely a solitary pastime. Just you, the rod, line, fly and...
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Gone Fishing . . .
“The gods do not deduct from man’s allotted span the hours spent in fishing.” ~Herber Hoover Every once in a while (far too infrequent I might add), I have the opportunity to take some time off away...
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Culture Change is not an initiative . . .
“When the rate of change on the outside is greater than the rate of change on the inside, the end is near.” ~Jack Welch There is a huge misconception at all levels of the business world that culture...
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