Active Listening is one of the purest forms of Empathy. Many people like the idea of empathy, but most struggle to implement it. This hurts our relationships (professionally and personally)…

In the dark and treacherous times of slavery, African Americans sought freedom through the Underground Railroad. They learned to follow the “Drinking Gourd”, a term for the Big Dipper constellation,…

Reynolds number helps engineers understand how liquids or gases move. It helps figure out if the flow is smooth or turbulent.  It turns out this provides a juicy metaphor for…

Aldo Leopol (1887-1948) was an American writer, philosopher, naturalist, ecologist, conservationist, and environmentalist, and he once said: “Then came the gadgeteer, otherwise known as the sporting-goods dealer. He has draped…

You are in a championship game; it’s over-time and sudden death.  The referee makes a bad call leading to a penalty shot; you lose. You have a choice: 1. Blame the…

Businesses exist to solve problems. Individual team members are the ones who solve these problems daily. In a way, a businesses value is constrained by how many problems it can…