Going Deep on a Friday
On some of the listserves I follow, Friday is considered a day when it is okay to post things that are funny or frivolous. So why not make it the day to post things that are deep, too? Sometimes it feels like it’s all we ...
Monthly Archives: June 2007
Mood and Creativity
Lisa Junker (ASAE & The Center staff and Acronym blogger) commented on my last post about the “inner work life” article in HBR, pointing to another specific point in the article:I was especially interested in Amabile ...
What About Me?
Association Forum has an article this month in the "Trend Watch" column that talks about future implications for associations. According to the author, two big trends will impact everything: generational transi ...
Understanding Inner Work Life
As promised, here is some more about psychology and business from the Harvard Business Review article by Teresa Amabile and Steven Kramer about “inner work life.” The article follows in the footsteps of Goleman and his e ...
Getting Past the Easy Part
Thanks to Chris Bailey for linking to my recent post quoting the poet David Whyte. I included that quote because the word “conversation” had leapt out at me. Interestingly, it was the word “belong” that jumped out for Ch ...
Generalizing about Generations
An interesting little conversation has developed in the blogoclump about the Millennial generation. It started when Lisa Junker posted a letter from Brynn Grumstrup Slate, a millennial reader of Associations Now, who was ...
Comment of the Week
David Gammel posted a wise (and laugh-out-loud) comment on one of BMart's recent posts. Ben wrote up a great primer for new bloggers to the 'clump on how to be, well, actually PART of the 'clump. Bottom line: read what o ...
So, How Does That Make You Feel?
Sometimes I lament to clients that I have to fight against the reputation of being “touchy-feely” in my work. Once classified as touchy-feely, I can lose the respect of many in the business world. And, for the record, I’ ...