Today I want to invite you to add imagination to your strategic toolkit.
Here are five reasons why it’s a necessary skill for grown-ups — and especially ones who want to lead well.
Continue reading “The Imagination Imperative”Reimagination
Where I live, summer has about five weeks left on the calendar, but one week left in real life before kids head back to school and we all get back into fall routines. It’s an in-between time, and a season when my heart especially goes out to families anticipating big changes as their kids move into new stages (and parents are expected to adjust accordingly).
Continue reading “Reimagination”Individual Community Building
“Only 4% of Americans host other people.”
In the sessions I attended at Aspen Ideas, belonging came up a lot.
Several speakers highlighted the crumbling of “inherited belonging” (think about the town, ethnic group, or faith community your ancestors were born into versus your own origin story). They argued that the need to “create” community intentionally is a recent and unusual proposition.
Continue reading “Individual Community Building”Well-imagined infrastructure
“Infrastructure connects and divides” ~ Michael Maltzan
Michael Maltzan is the renowned architect who designed the Winnipeg Art Gallery, the Sixth Street Viaduct — a bridge connecting (rather than dividing) two disparate neighbourhoods in LA, several affordable housing developments and many other landmarks.
Continue reading “Well-imagined infrastructure”Brilliant Friendly Dad
My favourite session at Aspen Ideas was a talk by David Brooks. He got a standing ovation and made me weep.
His book, How to Know a Person, was on my list of favourites from my Wiser by Choice book club titles from last year. And I read his NYT columns regularly. So my fandom didn’t come as a complete surprise.
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