A reader took in my series on how technologies that will allow the metaverse are already leading to cyberpunk culture that workplaces must address. She then sent me this NPR podcast on Radiohead’s groundbreaking albums Kid A and Amnesiac. She observed that Radiohead really deserves a place in the cyberpunk series. Like U2 in the early ’90s, Radiohead issued a …
Can you change?
Do you believe you can change? Exercising. Flossing. Coaching. Making art. Dusting. Reading. Meditating. Can you improve habits such as these? Love. Joy. Peace. Patience. Kindness. Goodness. Faithfulness. Gentleness. Self control. How about these and other virtues? Can you grow in them? Resolute. Affirming. Adaptive. Pioneering. Influencing. Steady. Conscientious. What about your very personality? Can you change it? Should you? …
Coaching for sales is about much more than numbers
I had been doing professional facilitation and coaching for a number of years before I pursued coaching from a program aligned with the International Coach Federation. When I interviewed a possible training institute, I would ask, “Is this life coaching? Because I don’t want that. I don’t want businesses to think of Oprah Winfrey or something like that when they …
Podcast 90: What does coaching look like? Mark coaches Mike
What you’re about to hear is real. It is a recording of a live coaching session between Mike and Mark. Managers are supposed to coach. But what does it look like? Sound like? We would love your questions and comments for future episodes: Email Mike and Mark. Listen here … subscribe on Spotify, Amazon or Apple … or view below.
Horn Sections Make Rock Better: Beginnings
Let’s end 2021 with “Beginnings.”
What your organization shares with LEGO, Porsche and Dungeons & Dragons
Thanks to a reader for sending in this short new story about a Dungeons & Dragons-themed retail establishment. Even if you’ve never rolled a 20-sided die, it’s worth your time. Here’s why: They could have launched a restaurant, shop and axe-throwing bar. But they didn’t. They are opening an immersive customer experience. Likewise, check out LEGO’s new retail facilities, called …
Podcast 89: Listener request: Leading emotionally charged team members
At the request of a listener, we’re addressing a specific situation that many of us have experienced. How do you lead a team where some members are prone to outbursts or other signs of disrespect? To further complicate the subject: It’s a manager recently promoted from that team! If you have additional suggestions for the manager, please comment below. And …
AR and VR: What to do about it
As mentioned in the second post in this series on AR, VR and the metaverse, cyberpunk predicted a world where technology would so immerse us that we would be seduced and swayed by it without hardly thinking. “The disease of images” We looked at, of all things, Saved by the Bell. The show and its type, for teens and kids, …
Horn Sections Make Rock Better: Tears of a Clown
It’s just a lovely song.
You are in the story
This Christmas season, I have been thinking about stories, fasting, gifts and coffee. “Because you rescued me.” At the end of summer, we visited the beach. My 4-year-old was floating in a stream that flowed into the ocean. She wore floaties, even though it was just a foot deep. Until it wasn’t. We hadn’t realized there was a cliff of …