Iron, Steel and the Slippery Slope

A thought hit me this morn. Hypocrisy is a slippery slope upon which trust and trustworthiness can slide into skepticism, cynicism and apathy.  If I believe it, say it.  If I say it, act it.  If I act it, commit to it.  If I commit to it, I show faith in it.  Having...

The Sour and the Sweet

I am thanking Mark Sanborn and Joe Calloway for a special Facebook share tonight.  It relates a commencement message from Ben Horowitz at Columbia University.  My own students need hear this, as does every entrepreneur in the private, public and community sectors...

Learning from Your Restless Spirit

“My restless spirit is trying to tell me something.” — Dawnbreakers Collective A restless spirit has a purpose.  It is not simply chaotic or disruptive.  It is not of the ego, or selfish.  It often results from a sense of a break in either justice or...

Education and Development

We are an education company.  We speak to advance character, capacity and creativity based education and learning cultures at school, work and community… cultures that think, act and serve with excellence. Excellence is about ongoing mastery.  Ongoing mastery is the...

Learn, Unlearn, Re-learn and Unleash

In my experience, there are four paths to learning.  First, there is learning as it might traditionally be understood; the acquisition of new knowledge, skills or abilities.  The second is unlearning; that process of deconstructing old and unnecessary learning from...