March 12th, 2012
The last six weeks have been a train wreck for me. That is maybe a little dramatic. Nothing bad has happened during this time, actually some pretty good things have happened. But it has been an absolute black hole productivity wise. I first got sick with some nasty sinus business, and while it only really [Read More…]
March 2nd, 2012
The word community gets thrown around a lot today. I see and hear lots of conversations about building community, managing community, etc. As I have mentioned before, I think that community requires much more than simply sharing physical or other kinds of space. I think that real community demands a certain amount of mutual commitment, [Read More…]
February 21st, 2012
What kind of community will we choose? I am not a native of Omaha, but it is my home. I have now been here for close to fifteen years and am no going anywhere. I met my soul mate here, found my calling here, started my business here and am raising a family here. I [Read More…]
February 7th, 2012
My last post did some foundational work toward building a framework of inclusion. I defined inclusion as “the act of including additional difference in a group or process.” I went on to say that inclusion is: activist (it is not something you are or are not, it is something that you do) generative (it increases [Read More…]
January 30th, 2012
I hope to bring greater clarity to diversity and inclusion work. Being sloppy and careless with our language easily and often undermines the behaviors and outcomes that we work toward. If we create a solid foundation with our language, identifying definitions, characteristics and indicators, it becomes much easier to then build behaviors and target outcomes [Read More…]
January 15th, 2012
Hola! Finally getting back on the job after the holidays, some actual vacation time, and my annual social media break. Good to be back. While I was away… I celebrated Christmas and New Year with family. I am blessed. Our family welcomed two African toads into our home…our middle child has named them “justin bieber” [Read More…]
December 16th, 2011
As much as I like social media, I also very much value a break from it. Every year at about this time I sign off for a month. I will continue contributing to the Talent Anarchy blog, and I have a post or two cued up at a couple of the other places that I [Read More…]
December 14th, 2011
Inclusion is the act of seeking out and including additional difference, and a lot of this work is focused on people. It is also important to make sure that we give some attention to diversity of practices and diversity of experiences. This is an additional layer of this work, but it also comes with some [Read More…]
December 13th, 2011
Last year I took a 30 day “social media holiday” over the holidays. It was pretty awesome, and I am going to do the same this year. I am going off-line from Friday December 16th until Monday, January 16th. This is kind of a quiet time of year for me and rather than investing the [Read More…]
December 12th, 2011
I recently participated in a panel discussion about leadership. The conversation was specifically focused on a leaders role in creating an inclusive organizational culture, and the whole thing just made me very scratchy. I tried to not make a big stink during the conversation, but I felt that we were way off base. The golden [Read More…]