Have you ever heard the phrase "Culture eats strategy for breakfast."? You may have the best and prettiest words in the world in your brand guidelines, your policies and procedures, and even on your well and website.  You may even have painted a beautiful image of you're preferred future with a magnificent mission and vision.  But these will all be for nought if they are not lived out. Culture is crafted and maintained, not (only) with precise words and strategy but, through

Good storytelling starts with good question asking. This is something I continue to learn and grow in and it feels closely tied to "be quick to listen and slow to speak." The way my brain works I can easily find connections, and through lines and see all sorts of possibilities but where I get in trouble is when I jump to a conclusion to quickly.  I've had to learn - after one too many times of putting my foot squarely in my mouth - that developing a foundation of understandin

What are the stories that capture your attention? The ones you keep coming back to? I’ve got many, but there's one that always comes to mind this time of year. It's a story I first heard as a sophomore in high school, some twenty-plus years ago. The first time I heard the story of Edmund Fitzgerald was in geometry class, of all places. During a weekly “name that tune” break my teacher queued up Gordon Lightfoot’s haunting folk song, aptly titled “The Wreck of The Edmund Fitzg

If you've ever thought to yourself, "I don't have a story to tell."  First, allow me to gently disagree. Then let me affirm that you have...

"Find out who you are and do it on purpose." - Dolly Parton. Do you feel any internal tension when you read this? Tension between the...

If you're reading this you're probably asking yourself the follow up question, "Big enough for what?" Which is a logically appropriate...

Where are you trying go? Why does it matter that you get there? Who do you need or want to come with you? If you're a leader in any way...

Storytelling matters because storytelling is how people communicate & people matter. Of all the things that set humans apart as unique,...