42 things you might not know about me.

Because two of my most favorite and trusted introverts just did this, I was inspired to follow in their footsteps. Lisa has a great explanation at the beginning of her list about what it’s like to be an introvert—really we’re not aloof, we just want to connect at a...

Miami. Mojitos. Architects. And me.

I’ll give you the punchline first: I’m still blown away by the paparazzi snapping pictures of your work. Everyone at the conference loved it. It was a huge hit. I haven’t worked with someone of your skill before. You have so much flexibility, a great sense of humor...

How to shine, in all your complicatedness.

You know how the advice you get from bloggers, copywriters and Sonia Simone is to write your copy and your blog posts as if you are writing to one person. A very specific person. With known qualities. Some of the advice even says to make a profile of this person. What...

Interviews! About me! And doodle bombs!

The other week I did a couple of interviews. One was with the fabulous branding therapy coach David Cohen who did that fabulous doodle bomb of me. My first ever! Mwah. Harvard Business Review. Seriously? The other was with the Harvard Business Review, ahem, for an...

The Eggs of Possibility: Part two

What are the qualities of your ideal work? The confetti that’s inside these eggs represents the qualities of my ideal clients and work situations. It’s about a certain kind of connection, energy, flow, stimulation (intellectually, emotionally & financially)...

What’s your sweetspot?

Do you know where it is? I’m pretty sure I’ve found mine. It has to do with my right people: clients and partners. A situation where I get to use my superpower which is helping individuals, businesses and organizations see where they want to go in all its juicy...

The Eggs of Possibility

I’ve been doing a lot of networking, which I like to think of as calling my boats home to me. See I have this image of my ideal clients and partners as sailboats, bobbing in a calm harbor just off my tropical island. Have I mentioned that the metaphor for my business...

My business has colors? (Of course it does!)

OMG, I color-coded my business and I am so happy. Oh the happy! Everything makes sense to me now. Allow me to explain. I’ve been doing some coaching with the lovely and brilliant Cairene, a systems and time management savant, of ThirdHandWorks. She totally gets us...

Visually mapping Slow Food=Love

I had the distinct pleasure of visually mapping a presentation that Carlo Petrini, founder of Slow Food, gave to an audience at the CDC the other week on food policy. This was the third such talk in a series that began with Alice Waters then Michael Pollan and now...

This week’s whimsy: Save the words edition.

A small collection of whimsy—pure and simple. Just cool stuff creative people are contributing to the world that catches my eye and lightens the moment. Might generate an idea here or there. Might inspire something. Might just be fun and remarkable. Whimsy=...