Why It is So Hard to Change – Part 1 – Paradigms

Over the next few weeks I’m going to write a series of blogs about change. A quick scan of the human condition suggests that we need to embrace change in numerous areas—leadership, the environment, politics, healthcare, social justice, and so many more.  And yet we...
How to Fix US Healthcare

How to Fix US Healthcare

There is a train coming down the track.  It is called, “The Disruption of American Healthcare”. Disruption will come from technological startups and innovation, like Aledade; from efficiencies; from clinical breakthroughs; from patient demands and their...

An Invitation to Study With Me

I would like to invite you to my home to study with me for three days. I have been running retreats at my home for many years, usually one in the summer and one in the winter. The groups are intimate—6-10 participants. The growing demand for these retreats (which we...

How Companies can Regain Trust

The greatest crisis in the world today is the crisis of trust. Flatly stated, we have lost trust in all four of our major institutions – business, government, NGOs and media. The 2017 Edelman Trust Barometer puts it clearly: …two-thirds of the countries we...

Give the Gift of Love – “A Love Story”

Why do we aspire to love?  Because, as Julian Barnes so eloquently states in his luscious book, Levels of Life, “…love is the meeting point of truth and magic”.  Being in love—truly in love—is a magical experience that removes artifice and anything inauthentic....
Presidents and Their Influence on Leadership

Presidents and Their Influence on Leadership

The day after President Barack Obama was elected to his first term in office (November 5, 2008), I wrote the following blog.   I offer it again here for your consideration, without comment. But I would love to hear your comments. ********************* I have a theory...