In the Autumn of 1988, I had a nightmare that I was traveling through Checkpoint Charlie from the East side with an East German tucked away in the trunk of my car. As I neared the checkpoint, my heart raced with fear that I would be caught and jailed. I dreamed of...
Two weeks. That’s how long I have been in Germany and how long it took before I woke from a dream where I — and everyone around me — spoke German. Interestingly, I had only been here a few days when I dreamed I was speaking French. It’s not the first time I’ve dreamed...
In a recent discussion with a millennial on career development, the topic of stretch assignments came up. He expressed concern that he was “not ready” and feared making mistakes along the way. In the conversation that followed, I helped him understand why this was an...
Customer loyalty should be the number one priority for businesses. However, according to a Harvard Business Review article by Robert Simons, there is elasticity in the definition of “customer,” depending on the business. As a consumer, I need to be happy...
Gray Wolf made one of her rare visits to the circle, and after a talk by Raven she remarked, “The goal of practice seems to be just more practice.” Raven bobbed his head. “Well?” Gray Wolf hesitated, and then asked, “So there’s no end to it?” Raven hopped down from...
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