
Emotions & Story: the Language of the Subconscious
In my last post, I introduced you to one of my favorite topics of late: the power of the subconscious mind (wasn’t Justin’s video amazing?). Today, we’re diving into the language of the subconscious. Buckle up. The language of the subconscious is emotions and story. ...

The Power of the Subconscious
For the better part of the last year, I’ve been traveling on a bit of a different path, personally and professionally, but mostly personally with significant life changes. The experiences have had me centered around exploring the subconscious and why things are hard,...

The One Problem That Can Break a Great Team Fast
I have the privilege of working with a pretty wide range of clients in a variety of fields: accounting, law enforcement, public safety, home care services, and early childhood education. One common thread for all of them: there’s always work to be done on...

What This Comedian Taught Me About the Absurdity of Expectations
I’ve been watching and listening to a lot of comedians lately. Because when you need a little levity, who better to turn to than the professionals? There’s one British comedian, in particular, who I think might be one of the funniest humans alive. Mike McIntyre has a...

We All Need a Common Enemy – Part 3
In my last two posts, I introduced you to Santiago Genovés and the bonkers social experiment he conducted in 1973 with four men and six women aboard a raft in the middle of the Atlantic. And then I rounded up some of my favorite highlights of how it all went totally...

We All Need a Common Enemy – Part 2
Last week, I introduced you to Santiago Genovés and his utterly bizarre, misguided, and terribly executed social experiment with four men and six women aboard a raft in the middle of the Atlantic. Here’s a quick recap: Genovés, an anthropologist, thought he could...

We All Need a Common Enemy – Part 1
One look at the front page of any major newspaper — or most of our social media feeds, for that matter — will make you feel like the world is always in conflict. And to some degree, that’s true. As humans, we have the capacity to treat one another in horrible ways....

Avoiding the Cliff
I recently received an urgent call from one of the Sheriff’s offices I work with. They asked me to facilitate a call between two people in their organization in an effort to address an issue before it became a full-blown problem. See, in law enforcement, “SRIMs” are...

Have Your Best-Laid Plans Gone Awry? Here’s What to Do Next
By this point in the year, if you’re like most people, the resolve you had for your resolutions in January has probably long since faded. To paraphrase Scottish poet Robert Burns, “The best laid plans of mice and men often go awry.” So, if you know me, you likely see...

What to Do When You Don’t Have the Luxury of Building a Team from Scratch
If you’ve read my last few posts about Andrew and the amazing opportunity some of us get to build a team from the ground up — the right way — you might be feeling inspired. You might also feel a bit deflated or discouraged because your situation is entirely different....