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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Passion of the Explorer
Today, we build on yesterday’s post where Deloitte Research moved past employee engagement. We will cover the Passion of the Explorer. Here is the description from the report. When we talk about worker passion, passionate workers, or Explorers, what we mean is a...
Is Being Engaged at Work Enough?
Deloitte published a piece of research in 2013 that intrigued me. The three authors of the report – John Hagel III, John Seely Brown, and Tamara Samoylova – dove into employee engagement and concluded this: “While employee engagement was sufficient in a world of...
Day 365 – Who’s it For?
One year ago today, I wrote my first daily blog post. My criteria were: Keep posts short. Simplify information for busy readers. Focus on enhancing overall wellbeing. Share what I’m learning in books and podcasts. I spent the fourth quarter writing every day and...
PodList & Summary – 11.18.23
Welcome to the Saturday post. Below is a quick recap of what was covered on both the personal development and sustainability blogs this week as well as some podcasts that inspired me. Enjoy! Personal Development Post Recap Below is a summary of the personal...
What is Your 20%
We have all likely heard of the Pareto principle or the 80/20 rule. This rule states that for many situations roughly 80% of the consequences come from 20% of the causes. My Perspective Thinking about this through the lens of our work, I believe there are at least two...
The Clutter-Anxiety Cycle
There was a podcast a month or so ago that touched on the idea of how clutter causes anxiety. I’ve seen this happen in myself and in others. Yet, I don’t think that clutter is anxiety inducing for everyone. For those who do suffer from clutter...
Love the Cracks
Have you heard of Kintsugi? This is the Japanese art of repairing broken pottery with lacquer mixed with gold, silver, or platinum powder. Instead of disguising the cracks, Kintsugi highlights and enhances them. A new, more beautiful piece of pottery with a...
Laws of Less
Cal Newport is working on his next book titled The Deep Life. As a fan of Deep Work, I look forward to this next book. His podcast occasionally covers ideas he is working on for the book and one of those is below. Five Laws of Less by Cal Newport Accomplishment is not...
5 Steps to Estimate Your Work Week
Friday, the blog post talked about why estimating our work week could be a good planning tool. Today we’ll shift to look at 5 steps we can use to create that weekly estimate. Step 1 – Create a List: The process starts by creating a list of deliverables for the week...
PodList & Summary – 11.11.23
Welcome to the Saturday post. Below is a quick recap of what was covered on both the personal development and sustainability blogs this week as well as some podcasts that inspired me. Enjoy! Personal Development Post Recap Below is a summary of the personal...
Estimating the Week
Business is full of estimating. A new project opportunity emerges. The scope of work is written. Hours to achieve that scope are estimated. This determines both the cost and duration of the project. My Perspective I wonder what would happen if we applied an estimating...
Sustainable Projects
There was an interesting discussion on an episode of Adam Grant’s podcast Work Life. Adam spoke with psychologist and author Brian Little about how our projects impact our wellbeing. Brian wrote the books “Me, Myself, and Us” and “Who are You Really?” He...
What’s the Vibe
The other day, a comment on TV caught my attention. Lil Jon, the rapper, was talking about feng shui. Seeming out of character, my ears perked up. His next comment was “every home has a vibe”. Apparently, I’ve been out of the loop as his HGTV show now has two seasons!...
Personal Planning Day
Work is full of planning and goal setting. Annual business plans. Monthly plans to meet sales goals. Weekly planning meetings. Daily to-do lists that tie to those goals and plans. Yet, we don’t typically have that same type of planning for our career and our life...
Closing the Year
The 4th quarter is a time to summarize the year and prepare for the year ahead. As we get closer to the holidays, the time available to do this summary becomes more difficult. This leaves many scrambling in the first quarter to pull things together while kicking...