As I write this entry, it is about nine hours after the Toronto Blue Jays lost to the LA Dodgers in the 11th inning of seventh game of the World Series.
I’m a Blue Jays fan. Not a hop on the bandwagon, start-paying-attention-in-October fan, but a watch most games and know every player’s name by their faces fan — have been for years. Many a sweater has been knit cheering on these boys.
Continue reading “Go Jays, Even Today”“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”“Being neighbourly used to involve bringing cookies to someone going through a hard time. Now it’s averting your eyes and not acknowledging what you heard last night through the wall.”
Continue reading “Social Rings of Saturn”I am typing this post in the Denver Airport, on my way home from the Aspen Ideas Festival. I’ve had three remarkable days that have supplied me with enough fodder to fill this blog for months. It was like attending the intellectual Oscars, while also feeling like a bit of a spy.
Continue reading “What I Learned on my Summer Vacation”In this second installment in my new “Be a Taker” series on navigating transition, I’m turning our attention to tools under the heading of “Take In.” It’s an invitation to pay attention to what you’re ‘ingesting’ as fuel for your forthcoming success.
It’s a good time to time to curate your focus, your crew, your creative energies and your expectations. Very practically, here’s what I’d suggest you try:
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