Everyone always does that thing that is most important to them at that exact moment. Stop doing that other thing and think about it for a minute. When you’re in a meeting and someone’s on their laptop while you’re talking and then asks a question that you already answered, what happened? At that moment that […]
Lech L’cha – In Your Journey, Look at What to Leave Behind
This week’s Torah portion is called Lech L’cha, which literally means “Go forth”. In it Abram and Sarai split from Abram’s father and begin to make their of way. Lots of things happen on the part of the journey in this Torah portion, including G-d making a covenant with Abram which ends with him becoming […]
Vayeira – The Education Of Abraham
Lots (literally) in this Torah portion. The message gifted to me by Rabbi Carla Freedman was “…that goodness must reach a critical mass in order to offset the evil around it.” Critical mass – the minimum size or amount of something needed required to maintain or start a venture. How does it feel to be […]
Purpose. We all have it. Maybe we all want it.
Purpose. We all have it. Maybe we all want it. Or maybe yours is there but you aren’t ready to look for it. In any event purpose is not an easy thing to define. How can we find our purpose if we don’t know what ‘purpose’ is. So let’s break it down. Purpose is part […]
Disequilibrium and Agile
We live in a world of disequilibrium. Agile helps us deliver innovation in disequilibrium. ~ James R. Wood Our role as agilists is to help our teams lean to move faster/better/stronger as a team. Does that mean instilling order? No. Innovation does not happen when the environment is stabile. An equilibrium, by definition is a state […]