I didn’t know I would question my own history as much as I do when I leave her. I was, after all, there when my history happened.

Choices are often not between values-or-no-values, but the expression of differing values or the same value expressed in a different way.

Whether a large multi-national or a small nonprofit, organizations are groups of people brought together by a common purpose.

‘what’s the name of the demon that possesses you, because no human with my last name could possibly ever make such as decision. Let us exorcise it together, shall we?’

They are growing up. It’s inevitable. We’d be concerned if they weren’t. They will eventually reach an age where their bodies change and have a first love. And have their hearts broken. These inevitabilities don’t have to be debilitating.

I found it. They were inviting connection.

Hope in faith is what old men mumble as they prepare to meet the maker:  “it’s just crazy that he loves me.”

Unprompted, my son offered his perspective: ‘if I had a restaurant, I wouldn’t have TVs. People should talk to one another instead’

We are choosing who to follow now that we see the essence on the inside. Organizations cannot opt out of the experiment. Our money and commitments are shifting because organizations (and leaders) are distilled to their essence. The results are in.