The Future
I have been a student for much of my life. I have often wondered if my attraction to being a student was a sign that I did not know what direction I wanted in life. Finishing college with a B.A. in...
View ArticleLeadership and Diversity: Gonzaga’s ORGL 506
Leadership and Diversity was my first academic experience focused on exploring the role of race, class, and gender. Through this course, I began to identify the influence of these roles on my life and...
View ArticleAre you asking the right questions to lead change?
During my three year journey at Gonzaga, one of the enduring lessons I learned was that no organization is exactly where it wants to be; that is, every organization should be thinking about, planning,...
View ArticleWhat type of listening do you practice?
Yesterday, I mentioned the importance of asking the right questions, especially with regard to managing change and preparing for a commitment to change. Today, I want to talk about the other side of...
View ArticleA Southerner in Exile
The South's a very strange place. As we settle into our lives here in Lowell, we're often asked to describe our last home, Beaufort. We're more than just the token Southerners, to be sure, but we're...
View ArticleA Review: The Market Preparation of Carolina Rice, Richard Dwight Porcher,...
For all the evidence that remains to tell future generations about Lowcountry rice, the story of this crop remains obscured. Lowcountry rice, a crop that built beautiful and wealthy existences for some...
View ArticleA New Kind of Teaching
If you've followed this blog for a while, or if you've known me for any time, you know that I enjoy teaching. Part of the reason I keep this blog active, if you can call it that, is that I have been...
View ArticleSears: A Company Lacking Vision
I like Sears. I really do. The first tools I ever bought, which I still use, were Craftsman. When we bought our first house, the Kenmore washer was included, which had been inherited by the sellers...
View ArticleWhy do I do Ironman triathlons?
I get this one a lot. Most of my friends, those who don't race, think it's insane. My co-workers think I'm nuts. And, after doing a 110 mile ride on Saturday, and 8 mile run on Sunday, and a 70 mile...
View ArticleeMeals: How we save money every week.
There are a few posts here about our journey to get out of debt When we started that journey, our finances were a total mess. We hoped to share a lot of our journey to being debt free, but, as you can...
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