Category: Choices

History of the Heart

Recent­ly, Louise Alt­man encour­aged me to write about the notion that “we know what we were by what is show­ing up today,” a throw-away line I left in a com­ment to one of her beau­ti­ful posts on The Inten­tion­al Work­place blog. Her inspir­ing arti­cle, about liv­ing with per­ma­nent uncer­tain­ty, evokes the dilem­mas we col­lec­tive­ly and… Con­tin­ue read­ing His­to­ry of the Heart

Why I Don’t Speak Corporate-Speak

There is pres­sure in my con­sult­ing pro­fes­sion to present the work we do as a ser­vice to orga­ni­za­tions.  This is tricky. Who pays the bills after all?  Just yes­ter­day some­one asked me how I could write the way I do, with lan­guage that is “real” but dis­tinct­ly not cor­po­rate, busi­­ness-ori­en­t­ed prose, and still find work as… Con­tin­ue read­ing Why I Don’t Speak Corporate-Speak

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A Visit to the Dentist

I went to a peri­odon­tist to have a tooth removed.  It was clear I was enter­ing a busi­ness. There were mul­ti­ple indi­ca­tions, most­ly com­mu­ni­cat­ed via legal forms deny­ing me recourse if the doc­tor screwed up, and sev­er­al oth­er forms focused on the mon­ey I’d owe if insur­ance did­n’t pay. The place was cool and effi­cient.… Con­tin­ue read­ing A Vis­it to the Dentist