This piece was originally written a year ago and this is a revised update. This interesting phrase, “taking time off” doesn’t mean much because one can not really ever turn time off. What we mean is “time out” from the usual and ordinary, perhaps to invest in the unusual and extraordinary. Like it says
This is more of a personal than a professional piece but with less and less separation between the two dimensions, herewith. Our recent travels began the first week in January, took us respectively through Houston and Phoenix and we crossed the border around noon to Mexico on January 9 at Otay Mesa, the eastern port
Be Out of Touch – And Enjoy It! As the owner/user of an iPhone, an iMac and a MacBookPro, plus a wireless connection in office and home, and in most public venues for all of them, (plus a roommate who is similarly connected) I am somewhat familiar with email, voice mail, live conversations and meetings
At the conclusion of the most recent decade (2000-2010) I have learned what works and what the critical variables are in the education/learning equation. And it has taken me back to the beginning. I call it the full circle of success – common vision, common values, and common purpose. If we are to succeed in
Some passing thoughts on creativity, innovation…… “We all operate in two contrasting modes, which might be called open and closed. The open mode is more relaxed, more receptive, more exploratory, more democratic, more playful and more humorous. The closed mode is the tighter, more rigid, more hierarchical, more tunnel-visioned. Most people, unfortunately spend most
I was called recently by a school head to see if I would be interested in helping him and a few others look at their most recent strategic plan and explore ways that it might be renewed, revitalized and given some new life and energy. At least that is what I heard in his question.
