What if you could develop eyes like photographic negatives, see what images from your life remain scrap-booked inside when there is no more light or darkness, no more day or night, nothing more to see?
Three years ago today, I closed my father’s eyes and kissed him for the last time. I sometimes wonder what the last thing he saw was, if it was real or imagined, color or black and… Continue reading
At the workshop I conducted last month on learning and leadership in supply chain management, the topic of best practices came up. Is having knowledge about supply chain best practices in your industry important to being an effective leader? What about having knowledge about best practices from other industries?
After the usual comments were made about best practices, such as how “leading practices” is perhaps a better term… Continue reading
The car that took me from Jose Marti Airport in Havana to my grandmother’s house in Aguada de Pasajero was old, blue, and beautiful. It wasn’t until we were away from the city, driving on an empty road with the windows rolled down—late afternoon sky to the left, wind-swept smoke to the right from fields set ablaze in the distance—that I took notice of the loud, yet fatigued, roar of… Continue reading
“What
are you trying to sell?”
That was the question the business teacher at my local high school asked me on the phone, midway through my explanation of why I had emailed her earlier in the day.
I’m not trying to sell anything, I told her, I’m just a parent who’s interested in knowing what, if… Continue reading
It’s hard to believe, with all the snow still covering our lawns and fields, that Little League season will soon begin. I am coaching again this year, and like every year, the season will begin with a group of kids, some who have played baseball before and others who are completely new to the game, that will run… Continue reading
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