How do you discipline your words?
A simple typo of ‘north’ instead of ‘south’ in the directions set me up to be late to a meeting. As a stickler for punctuality, I could feel my heart begin to pound while my mind raced thinking of how to explain my tardiness. Enter Spiral...Embrace the What?
I sighed with relief as I settled into my seat on the airplane. Next to me was a bright-eyed young man eager to talk. Both of us had just navigated icy roads, canceled, and then delayed flights. He was on his second day of hassle…I was just on my first day....Grammar as inspiration: TedTalk recommendation
Funny how a talk about grammar inspired me as I navigated the complexities of changing travel plans during the polar vortex. Phuc Tran educated me on the dark side of subjunctives (as an engineering student this was not included in my curriculum!). Do you know about...Book Review: Hatching Twitter
Truth is stranger than fiction, which came to mind when I read Hatching Twitter by Nick Bilton. If you didn’t know the story was true you’d enjoy it as great fiction. I was drawn to this book from an innovation/organizational development perspective and as a minor...How do you spiral gratitude?
Spirals are powerful. Mother Nature has reminded us recently in a pretty big way. While our language is full of negative images about spirals (spiral out of control, downward spiral), a spiral is just power, you decide the direction or application through intention....
Karen Valencic
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