How can you build strong teams that do great work together?  Check out this podcast! During this 22 minute podcast, I chat with Decade Software Development Manager HL Arledge about the Perpetual Teams concept for improving team performance. Before HL's team started down the perpetual teams path, 65% of their defects had been open for two years. Today, they strive to allow no defects. Every 30...

Why might control freaks miss out on the great adventures of life?  Check out this podcast! During this 24 minute podcast, I chat with Shannon Stowell, co-author of Riding the Hulahula to the Arctic Ocean: A Guide to 50 Extraordinary Adventures for the Seasoned Traveler. What is adventure travel and why should this interest you? What does Richard Branson think about this? Find out what Shannon...

Bill and I were watching a rerun of Oprah yesterday that was on the law of attraction. They talked about the power of creating a vision board. A vision board is like a collage of all the things, people, and experiences you want to enjoy and/or manifest in your life. A lot of people I know have created vision boards. I can relate this to my favorite practice, the butterfly effect. Each ti...

I have been thinking about the act of creation. Or should I say recreation, since everything spring forth from something else. The dilemma we have, is that we need to unplug to create. Some of you might argue with this point and say that you can create while the email ping sounds, your cell phone vibrates with a new text and you overhear ten different cubicle conversations. I would argue that you c...

A big THANKS to Scot over at Cube Rules (and David for chiming in) for the oh-so-sweet review of my book, Two Weeks to a Breakthrough. Summer is a great time to reinvent. The vitamin D is soaking in (it has been a long time coming in Seattle) and our brain cells are ready to do some interesting work. We all need the right kind of reminders. I need reminders. Two Weeks is not...