March 2019 Monthly Musing Why do we assume more words, and a more complex vocabulary is better? Why should we write a 500-word essay when 150-words (or fewer) will get the same information across? Many problems could be avoided if we just learned to communicate in a plain manner so as to be easily…
February 2019 Monthly Musing February is the nastiest month of the year. The warmth of the holidays and joyous gatherings with friends and family are gone – all that is left as evidence that they happened at all are the bills and a few photographs. It is biting cold. The kind of cold that makes…
January 2019 Monthly Musing By now, most of us have made and broken our “New Year’s Resolutions”. But I recently came across the idea of a “dream-map” which might prove to be more useful. It’s similar to an A4 exercise found in Lean. But instead of being forensic and detailed,…
A Year in Review December 2018 Message from the Founder As we complete another circuit around the sun, we find ourselves reflective of the year’s hard-fought battles won and lost, of loves arrived and departed, and of our professional successes and disappointments. With rebuilding spirit and energy, we look with great anticipation to…
Issue: 2018-11 November 2018 Message from the Founder “People don’t notice whether it’s winter or summer when they’re happy.” – Anton Chekhov You go to work and it’s dark. You come home from work and it’s still dark. And it’s cold. It’s tough to be happy under such circumstances. Add to…
Issue: 2018-11 October 2018 Message from the Founder “For in that sleep of death, what dreams may come!” -William Shakespeare It is that time of year. The trees have lost their leaves in a blaze of glory; going from green to barren and brown in a matter of days. For the next couple…