A scan of my 2026 Q1 led to reflecting on the recent accounting of my work and life.  I noticed a pattern of highly valuing, to the point of celebration, shared values about the value of people we know and even those we don’t. 

Happy New Year!
Just to let you know…The coming year will see a number of publications from me.

The more turbulent the times, the more important solid ground.  The harder the choices, the more important first principles.  The tougher the road, the longer the trail, the whiter the river, the more important one’s companions. 

Leaders toiling through heavy weather such as that pelting them today face multiple tests, one being working from a grounded, stable place.  Denial, like hope, is not a strategy. 

In 1980, Robert Redford was still a matinee idol.  Characteristically, he broke form.  He starred in a prison movie and not just a prison movie but a prison reform movie.

Here’s a link, as promised, to an article that I wrote this spring summarizing best practices from the downsizing or, even more euphemistically, the ‘rightsizing’ of the last twenty-five years or so of the 20th century.