by Jonathan | Sep 16, 2020 | Productivity
How we activate and manage personal resilience is changing. It used to feel like we lived in relatively stable times with periods of instability that required personal resilience. Now it feels like we’re living in relatively unstable times punctuated with...
by Jonathan | Sep 10, 2020 | Productivity
The same thing they didn’t tell me about being a parent also applies leadership. Here it is, in a phrase: It’s every day. The concept of “every day” doesn’t feel heavy. We are jazzed with starting the new thing. The new job. The new...
by Jonathan | Sep 3, 2020 | Decision Making, Productivity
“The opposite of distraction is not focus, it’s traction.” From a podcast interview with Nir Eyal author of Indistractable. I smiled at the sentiment because I get it. We are distracted. I am distracted. Not only by technology. Distraction is more...
by Jonathan | Aug 19, 2020 | Productivity
What is the actual value of college? Yes, it widens our social and professional networks. Yes, we learn how to be a bit more responsible. Yes, we get a chance to explore interests and learn fundamentals. We might even learn something that has a shelf life longer than...
by Jonathan | Aug 6, 2020 | Leadership
Leadership is fast becoming less about what you are in the organization, and more about who you are. It used to be that the credentials were most important (like your title, your level of education, the initials after your name) and the person behind the credentials...
