Monthly Archives: May 2009
The Friday Grab Bag: Three others’ posts to read (May 29th)
Follow Michael Bungay Stanier on Twitter Three posts I enjoyed this week, all speaking to a different aspect of doing more Great Work: 1. Distracted? My friend Anna Sonser pointed me to this revealing piece from the New Yorker magazine, … Continue reading
Kevin Wilde, Chief Learning Officer
This week I’ll be spending time at the conference of the American Society of Training and Development, which is why I’ve selected a Chief Learning Officer to feature in the Great Work interview. Kevin Wilde is the vice president of … Continue reading
“Still, my mind chattered on as if…” (Great Work quote)
“My mind perched on top of my head like a spider monkey and thought of more things that could go wrong…and whose fault those things would be. I tried to drop my attention from my head to my heart, which … Continue reading
Here’s your commencement address
I love that, when you graduate from University, you get the Commencement Speech. As if it’s only now, at that moment, that you get to start something. Not before. Not after. Here’s one of the best commencement speeches I’ve read, … Continue reading
Laurence Haughton, Success in Business
Laurence Haughton is a writer, lecturer and management consultant. His work – the two books he’s written and the services he provides – rest soundly on the fact that he’s spent the last 15 years interviewing over 5000 executives, entrepreneurs … Continue reading
