I can still hear the soft pops of rain falling on the brim of my hat as I walked along a muddy trail through a dark forest in Costa Rica lowlands, on the long, flat tail of the slope that began in the central mountains, ending in the Caribbean Sea. The heavy air and wet foliage soaked up the ligh...
I am not the first to predict that Karl Deisseroth, MD, PhD, will someday be taking an all-expenses-paid trip to Stockholm in December.
Dr. Deisseroth is a professor of psychiatry, bioengineering, and behavioral sciences at Stanford University. In his 2021 book, Projections: A Story of Human Emot...
Throughout our relationship, Martha has established a consistent pattern of signing me up for things I would never do on my own. And while this often makes me uncomfortable, I am always grateful in retrospect (ok, usually always). In that spirit, we recently attended the Trauma Research Foundatio...
Middle management is a tricky business. And by “middle,” I mean those treacherous roles where you are not the CEO and sole proprietor, yet neither are you a pure individual contributor. You have a boss, and you are also someone else’s boss. At a minimum you are someone who, from time to time, has...
Imagine the most stereotypical cave-dwelling monk you can muster. Let’s call him Chuck. Chuck the Monk was long-haired, bony, slightly hunched from long hours of meditation. He wore flowing robes, and of course carried a walking stick to steady himself on the monthly twelve-thousand-foot shoeless...
Employee expectations have fundamentally shifted during the pandemic. As a result, organizations can expect large talent shifts to occur in the next year. How can you leverage a people-centered culture to reduce employee stress and limit turnover in your organization?
Alas! It has been many, many months in the making, but our new(est) website is now LIVE! I don’t know if any of you have ever had to market yourself, but, from our perspective, it is awkward, confronting, overwhelming, and intimidating. Yes, all the head-trash shows up along the way to create the...
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