I can’t help but reflect on the process behind choice magazine, especially the themes we choose. Last quarter, the theme was chaos. And you know how it goes: what you focus on expands. No matter where I looked, there was evidence of chaos. Interesting, but I brought that on myself. I chose the topic. I […]
I’ve been thinking about this while recording podcasts for the chaos issue, and it won’t leave me alone. For a long time, leadership has operated like a search engine. You type in a query. Find this restaurant. Find this product. Find this grocery store. Simple, linear, one input leading to one clean answer. And I […]
Hello everyone. I’m writing this from a bench by Lake Ontario, down near Hamilton. Boats on the water. Ducks doing their thing. A goose nearby with strong opinions about my being here. It’s calm, mostly. A lot calmer than my week had been. Because this week, the chaos was mine. I made it. Here’s what […]
I was recording a video outside today and it occurred to me that this was a perfect representation of chaos…starting with the weather. Just a few days before the official start of spring, the temperature suddenly dropped to -20°C with the wind chill. A couple of days ago, it was light-jacket weather. Now it’s freezing. […]
