Wisdom isn’t a body of information. It’s the moral quality of knowing what you don’t know and figuring out a way to handle your ignorance, uncertainty, and limitation.
David Brooks, NY Times Columnist & Author
Who are you following? Who’s following you? One of the best books I’ve read on leadership is “The Shaping of an Effective Leader†by a hero of mine, Dr. Gayle D. Beebe. A key ingredient to his success at the highest levels of leadership is that he learned early to value people. A student of Peter Drucker, Beebe writes, “Our basic integrity and character are displayed in our willingness...
For the past three years, our team has been using Basecamp for project management. Â We love it. Â After doing an exhaustive search for what we needed in collaborating with a virtual team model, we chose Basecamp. Â Read more about how we use it. Multiple Platforms Most of us on the team have the greatest trifecta of productivity devices: Â A MacBook, iPhone and iPad. Â As Basecamp began to...
After watching WWDC on my Apple TV, I was once again re-energized by the direction of Apple. Phil Shiller said it best: “Can’t innovate anymore, my ass” I wholeheartedly agree. Here is my recap of what I’m excited about from this event. Mac OSX Mavericks iCloud Keychain One of the increasingly largest challenges of navigating our digital life are passwords. Large...
I voted earlier today in my small town in Michigan. The building is in my neighborhood – it’s the senior center. The senior center is across the street from the elementary school where my wife teaches. The school is a two-minute walk to the church I attend. There’s a McDonalds across the street from the church which is next door to the volunteer fire department and local...
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