This is what way, way out-of-the-box brainstorming looks like. I spent half an hour walking up and down a busy, sun-splashed Toronto street lined with quaint shops and restaurants looking for ideas. Ideas to solve the City of Toronto’s problems in dealing with a big influx of refugees. I had a pad of sticky notes and a pen and, per …
Next Best Thing to a Crystal Ball: Four Scenarios for Planning Future Strategy
I went looking for a crystal ball the other day to tell me what to expect this fall, next year and beyond. One of several on Amazon, priced at $17.98, promised to “bring harmony and balance into your life.” Another with a $29.91 price tag shown perched on a lovely wooden stand said it would “bring luck to you and …
Podcast: Culture Eats Strategy for Lunch
Culture eats strategy for lunch every day of the week. It’s one of several observations I made on company culture in a conversation I had with David Daniel, founder of Fully Integrated Leadership. David and I cover a wide range of topics, beginning with the current social and political climate in our country and world, including Black Lives Matter. We …
Vlog: Virtual meetings: Going from bummers to high fives
Oh my aching back! #Virtual video meetings spurred by the #coronavirus are about to kill me. Which got me to pay more attention to how they can be better. And they can be…many times even better than face-to-face meetings. Watch my recent video to learn how. Questions about improving your virtual meetings? Or about taking them to the next …
Virtual Meetings: Antidote to COVID-19 Social Distancing
Want to have virtual meetings? In the age of coronavirus, here are some whys and hows. With the virus raging and shutting down activities, virtual meetings are one of the important go-to activities to keep things going at work and at home with family and friends. They’ll become even more pervasive over time as the COVID-19 crisis wanes, and lessons …