by lori | May 1, 2020 | Acceptance, Essays, Getting Lost, Grief and Loss, Imagination, Impacts, Leadership, Learning, Learning as, Love, Play into Work, Research, Self-organizing groups, Self-organizing work groups, Story, Strength in Real Life, Unapologetically Odd, Wayfinding, Wonder
So many articles are circulating right now about how exhausted and drained people feel after Zoom meetings. I get that. Back in my corporate and academic days, that used to happen to me during Skype meetings and conference calls all the time. I’d often sign off... by lori | Dec 17, 2014 | Books, Impacts, Impacts, Poetry, Recommended Reading
We would like to announce the arrival of our new baby, aka, our new book, Year 1 Poet. She was born in paperback form at 2 p.m. on November 30, 2014, weighing 100 pages. She is a little genre-bender already. She tells the true story of a writer getting lost and... by lori | Aug 18, 2012 | Learning, Recognizing, Self-organizing groups, Self-organizing work groups
We were recently story wrangling at Haulin’ Colin’s here in Seattle. Read his story here. The following text is from the post-interview hang out/beer drinking/storytelling session. As Colin and I finished talking, his friend Brad joined us, as did my... by lori | Jun 20, 2012 | Benefits, Benefits, Community, Impacts, Impacts, Self-organizing groups, Self-organizing work groups, Story, Sustaining
Community member Emergent by design asked this question today. Love her. Love the question too. I began writing a comment and found that my comment just kept getting longer and longer until I thought to myself “It would be rude to add a comment this long to a... by lori | May 30, 2012 | Benefits, Fostering, Impacts, Recognizing, Recommended Reading, Self-organizing groups, Self-organizing work groups, Story, Sustaining
Bas and I spent the past 7 months playing/working to create a storybook together. And it’s now finished! Woo hoo! Read it for free here: Different Work: Moving from I Should to I Love My Work Optimized for the iPad, the book at the link above also works on smart... by lori | Apr 5, 2012 | Community, FAQ, Recognizing, Recognizing, Recognizing, Self-organizing groups, Self-organizing work groups
Our world is amazing. Have you noticed that today? Noticed how amazing your world is despite the looming global environmental crisis and the 24×7 corporate-and-political-muck-and-mud-slinging circus and the foul-tempered stranger you met on the street? Silly...