Lessons from a Morgue
Lately, I’ve been thinking about how easy it is to lead and live at a distance. Related to this, a story that has stayed with me—one I...


"Hitching" - Lessons for Discerning Leaders
How do you make a wise decision when there are no easy answers? What do you do when you’re not sure what to do? Careful discernment is...
Delivering Uncomfortable Messages: Six Guiding Questions
Whether you are a supervisor, project manager, team leader, executive team member, or even the president, delivering uncomfortable...


Jumping Off the Emotional Pendulum
A 33-year-old woman who goes by the pseudonym, “Aella,” is one of the Internet’s most popular sex researchers. Aella’s X bio describes...
Sweet Spots and Trade-offs
I have a friend who just turned 90. “I find myself thinking about dying,” he said. “But I also want to keep thinking about living.” ...


The Witch and the Cobbler
Once upon a time, in a land not so far from here, a cobbler, mired in misery, inquired about who might help to allay his anxiety and...


Loneliness and Connection: A New Year Reflection
Loneliness is sometimes out in the open, where we can see it, sometimes not. Noah John Rondeau, the Adirondack hermit, chose isolation....


The Debts We Cannot Repay
Thanksgiving Reflection As a high school junior, I was required to meet with my guidance counselor, Richard Thompson. My middling grades,...


Accountability at the Top
Over the course of my career, I have been privileged to dialogue with scientists from a variety of fields. One of them was the astute...


Obligations, Duties and Priorities
Imagine that each of your obligations, duties, and priorities rang throughout your day like a resonant bell. You might hear the sound of...

