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Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us

Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us

An insightful whiteboard overview that turns decades of “incentive ideology” upside-down. The scary part? It’s spot on.

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Success and Failure Conversation

Success and Failure Conversation

Excerpts from a conversation with John Terrill (Director, Center for Integrity in Business at SPU) on success and failure as it relates to entrepreneurs in start-up situations.

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Redefining Leadership: Carol Bartz, Yahoo CEO

Redefining Leadership: Carol Bartz, Yahoo CEO

The University of Washington hosted Carol Bartz (CEO, Yahoo) for the inaugural Redefining Leadership event. Being the avid notetaker that I am, I thought I’d share my notes from the discussion.

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The Future of Publishing

The Future of Publishing

This thoughtful (and short) video explores a new era of digital publishing to the 30-and-under demographic.

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Responsibility and Generosity

Responsibility and Generosity

Just last week, I had the privilege of attending the International Justice Mission (IJM) Seattle Benefit Dinner to hear IJM CEO Gary Haugen share the latest news from the front line of the war on human trafficking.

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Open Space. Parade. ZAG.

Open Space. Parade. ZAG.

A good friend once told me that the only difference between the person I am today (well, ‘was’ at the time) and the person I well be at the end of my life will be the people I know and the books I’ve read. I like that.

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Powerful Idea

Powerful Idea

A friend recently sent this to me (thanks, Donald!); great reminder that powerful ideas definitely do not need to be complicated. More often than not, it seems that the less complicated an idea is, the greater likelihood it has of making a significant impact.

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