Kool-aid
1978: Jonestown, Guyana. Over 900 people died, including 87 young children, when they drank Kool-aid laced with cyanide and other drugs upon the advice of […]
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What do We Want to be When We Grow Up?
We don’t have a technology problem, we have a people problem (John Boecker, 2018). By that I mean the people working within the existing systems […]
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Perfection or Progress?
I grew up with “practice makes perfect”. My son came home from middle school with “practice makes progress”. I find this changed rendition much, much […]
Continue reading »Communication: Perception vs. (?) Reality
I had an interesting and incredibly revealing discourse on FB today. In brief, I posted a meme, which was naturally oversimplified and declarative, and spend […]
Continue reading »Integrative Process 3: Purpose
Another interesting facet of Integrative Process is that what you are working ON is not really what you are working FOR. A building is not […]
Continue reading »Design and Yoga FIVE: Growth and Time
There never seems to be a project just beginning, one with a savvy and trusting owner, with a full project team excited to begin a […]
Continue reading »Integrative Process 2: Reciprocity
I was listening to the soundtrack from “Chicago” today, on my way to the NYS Green Building Conference in Syracuse, NY. One of my favorite […]
Continue reading »Integrative Process 1: Opportunity
I am preparing to speak this coming week at a Youth Climate Summit where the theme is “Make it Happen”. I started thinking about climate […]
Continue reading »Language on the Move: political review
I was listening to the radio as I drove a ridiculous distance to a brief site meeting the other day. The reporter was talking about […]
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Comfort, Connections, and Challenge: #BE18
There are times in my career when the lack of progress frustrates me, or lack of attention to the work leaves me flat. There are […]
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