Essays

Let’s follow that thought.

A question catches your attention. Something doesn’t quite add up. Or you notice a thing everyone seems to accept and find yourself thinking, “Hang on a minute.”

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  • What if it doesn’t mean anything?

    What if it doesn’t mean anything?

    You know how this goes. Something you’ve been working toward doesn’t happen. Maybe it’s an opportunity you were excited about, a conversation you thought would go differently, or a plan that seemed perfectly reasonable until…

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  • Not everything needs to become a project

    Not everything needs to become a project

    You spot a minor inconvenience, and suddenly your brain is assembling a task force, drafting a strategic plan, and scheduling a meeting nobody wanted to attend. Congratulations. You’ve turned a passing observation into a part-time…

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  • The stories we tell ourselves

    The stories we tell ourselves

    I’ve spent most of my adult life questioning things. Systems, assumptions, conventional wisdom, established practices, and the occasional expert who seems personally offended by the suggestion that something might work differently. It’s not that I…

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  • The Friday Brew 10.9.26

    The Friday Brew 10.9.26

    If you’ve been around here long enough, you might remember The Friday Five, a weekly email I wrote for about ten years featuring interesting things I found around the web.  Later, I had another little…

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