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Reflections on Your Everyday Brilliance
An invitation to take your brilliance bigger, bolder, and higher. It isn’t easy to be brilliant when the world around you is rewarding cookie-cutter...
Hey Babs, “None of it Was Wrong Per Se”
Babs responds with, "this is seriously shouty red flag stuff". Hey Babs, I just got shoulder tapped for an executive position in the organization...
Updates and New Email
Catching up, smoothing out the business bumps, and making time for something new. I love my work, but I’m not so keen on sending out invoices or...
How We Talk About AI
My grandfather said “pony up” to me a lot when I was a kid. I was one disappointed kid waiting for that pony. Too many of us are still...
Winter Renewal Coaching Offer
I am offering, just for subscribers, Winter Renewal coaching sessions at a 50% discount. Each 55 minute session is held via Zoom and includes a...
December 2025 List
1 Today Was Fun, A Book About Work (Seriously), by Bree Groff (2025) This book is an engaging and easy read that pokes at things that need...
Hey Babs, The Missing Connections
The story that Babs got tired of waiting for, so made it up. Sort of. Hey Babs, We recently worked with a consultancy firm to design and implement a...
A Bit of Finish Sisu for Your Workday
In short, it is time for a new Nordic trend. Luckily, Finland has just the thing: sisu—a personality trait or philosophy combining inner...
October 2025 List
Whispered messages on the mound, the trashing of psychological safety, Babs being a small fish, and Dostoevsky. 1 Amongst the home runs, 100 mph...
Language Lessons, Expense Approvals, and Conferences as Treats
The high costs of low integrity. Exchanging Atoms I’m a big fan of meeting in person. There’s something about the exchange of our teeny-tiny atoms...









