I'm the kind of person who thrives on challenges. Give me a system to improve, a problem to solve, or a status quo to question, and I'm in my element. So when I landed a leadership role tasked with transforming how a large, change-resistant organization did business,...
Well, it happened again. I was standing at my kitchen sink, mechanically working through the dinner dishes, when I heard that unmistakable sound – the sharp crack of ceramic meeting the floor. My favorite coffee mug, the one with the faded logo from a conference I...
I went to see Wicked a while back with my wife. The theater was packed, and we were squeezed into two seats in the corner of the last row. About half an hour into the movie, I realized someone sitting up near the front had brought their toddler with them. That kid did...
The Turk’s cap or Turk’s head cactus is a strange looking plant native to the Caribbean. I saw one for the first time on a recent hike in St John. Actually, I saw more than one. There were hundreds of them clinging to the hillsides along the trail we were hiking. They...
I’m the kind of person who loves to acquire new skills and do everything on my own. I am also relatively frugal. So, when I was younger, I bought a set of clippers and got into the habit of giving myself haircuts. Years later I told my barber that story. “That’s...
Well, it happened again. I ran out of gas this morning while removing snow from about 800 feet of driveway (243 meters for my metric friends). When my snow blower finally sputtered and stalled, I was about as far from my fuel can as possible. So, I trudged back up the...
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