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Wait, What’s the Story Behind the Storyteller?

A client shared a tense exchange with a colleague. This guy clearly walked into a conversation carrying his own assumptions about the situation, a story shaping how he pushed back, but he

It Matters Who Shows Up in the Room

Last Friday I looked around a room full of professionals, all there to learn how to lead people better. They had different degrees of understanding about how much their own way of

Fast food: burger, fries, cola

Stereotypes: The Fast Food of Human Connecting

Stressed, tired, short-fused, somewhat anxious if not downright fearful, it’s easier than ever to look for shortcuts to get things done including our understanding of others.

The color black; absence of light

Finding our place in the scene

We feel compelled to speak, but we are unsure what to say, to whom and why. Everyone always says write what you know. We don’t know