The Intersection
The way we work, grow, and succeed is changing. I’m here to explore what that means for you and your company. This blog is a collection of insights, strategies, and reflections designed to help individuals take ownership of their career and life and help companies create a space where team members thrive.
I pull from books, podcasts, research, and personal experiences to uncover practical ways to stabilize, grow, and thrive in today’s evolving world. If you’re looking to create a stronger, more sustainable foundation for your career or the company you are part of, this is the place.
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PodList & Summary – 10.7.23
Welcome to the Saturday post. Below are podcasts that inspired me this week and a quick recap of what was covered on both the personal development and sustainability blogs. Enjoy! PodList This week, there are four podcasts that stood out to me. Topics include...
Friday Work & Planning
There is a lot written about using Friday afternoon as a time to wrap up tasks for the week and plan for the week ahead. The theory is that this is the time of the week when things are winding down for the weekend and we aren’t at our best for deep work and...
Ikigai – A Path to Purpose
There is a Japanese structure that can be very helpful in our self-awareness journey - the Ikigai. An Ikigai brings together your passions, beliefs, values, and skills to create our personal reason for being. Once created, we can use our Ikigai to set visions for the...
Evaluating Our Days via Strengths
The CliftonStrengths framework divides the 34 strengths into four categories – Executing, Influencing, Relationship Building, and Strategic Thinking. While we may or may not have strengths surface in these four areas, we all need to do these four activities in our...
Actions, Ideas, and Connections
There was a podcast listened to at least a year ago where I captured a note on my phone. This was the note: Tasks Done People Met Ideas Generated and Acted On I think this might have been an interview with Dorie Clark discussing her book The Long Game. However,...
Default to Learning or Doing
Over the last couple weeks, the concept of research mode vs. focus mode keeps crossing my path. In a meeting, this quote came up. “Output before Input” Dawn Dawn’s perspective was that she needs to produce some output before taking in more information. Resisting...
PodList & Summary – 9.30.23
Welcome to the Saturday post. This is where I summarize podcasts that inspired me throughout the week and give a quick recap of what was covered on both blogs. Enjoy! PodList This week is a mix of podcasts and links to videos from New York Climate Week. Topics...
Clutter in Our Body
When I think about clutter and what is holding us back from having more space in our lives, I have written posts on all kinds of clutter – rooms, closets, calendars, email, and mental – just to name a few. Yesterday, I heard a podcast that expanded my perspective to...
Digital Reverse Organizing
The concept of reverse organizing is to empty a space and only bring back what you use. Then, after a month or so, the things that haven’t been used can be addressed. Some things may need to be kept for occasional events, others may be recycled or donated. The process...
Work Like it’s 1999
I read a blog post from Cal Newport that referenced an article by Dan Kois in Slate. The article discussed how Gen X and Boomers remember a time when there weren’t laptops, cell phones, and readily available internet enabling us to take our work home with us. In the...
Managing Messes
There was a podcast where the statement was made that we waste a lot of time “managing our mess”. The statement intrigued me, and I started looking for stats. A study by Wakefield Research and Elastic found that “digging for files” was employee’s #1 challenge. The...
The Feelings of Space
How do our spaces and “things” make us feel? I’ve been doing a lot of research on finding time and space in our lives. This week, there were a couple ideas that crossed my desk and made me realize I haven’t done much to explore the feelings associated with physical,...
PodList & Summary – 9.23.23
Welcome to the Saturday post. This is where I summarize podcasts that inspired me throughout the week and give a quick recap of what was covered on both blogs. Enjoy! PodList This week, there are four podcasts that stood out to me. Topics include giving...
The Tension Between Duty & Play
When we see “tension between duty and play”, we might immediately think that we are talking about the tension between our work and personal lives. That isn’t the point of this post. We all have duties and responsibilities in our work life and our home life. The...
Adding Do Dates to Due Dates
We all have due dates. Many times, we are working right up to the deadline to get things finished. I was listening to a podcast where someone mentioned they schedule both due dates and “do” dates. This intrigued me. My Perspective I’ve had several posts suggesting...