ALWAYS ON THE AIR: What and how we say it
How and when and where leaders communicate continues to be in the midst of transformation. It seems we're always on the air in some way. Have you noticed? It is evolving as the whole landscape for leadership changes ---involving all of us; stretching across cultures and many dimensions of difference at a breakneck speed. Each of us, regardless of position or station, is bei

INNOVATING: An ACT of FAITH
INNOVATION always calls for thinking in a new and different way. R. Buckminster Fuller challenged us to meet this call: "People should think things out fresh and not just accept conventional terms and the conventional way of doing things." I was blessed with a "pioneering spirit" and consequently, my journey has been one that continues to

Revisiting CHARACTER and ETHICS
A few weeks ago, I received a quite remarkable comment about a previous post I had written, Differences, Words, and Deeds. It came in from St

NEW IDEAS: How do you get others to accept them???
If we traced the path of great ideas in the finest of organizations, we would probably all be astounded at the rate at which great ideas were unintentionally squelched, squashed, smashed, stifled, smothered, misunderstood, ridiculed or just ignored. Ever had this experience? You remember that one where you were awake nights crafting that perf

GLOBAL Common Ground: Reaching Our Customers
The global economic crisis and the increasing use social media have created a powerful duo in changing how we reach and communicate with each other and our customers. It is helping us discover the common ground upon which we walk across the world when it comes to pioneering the new global marketplaces, workplaces, and communities we share. Recently, I had an opportunity to see first-hand by asking this qu