As the father of eight and ten year old boys, I think a lot about the adults who are impacting them right now. I look at their teachers and feel a deep sense of gratitude for their investment in my sons and in all the kids in their classes.  I’m thankful that they are good [...]

Hacking the World of Work In March of 2010, I read an article in an airport about the all-hands hacking parties that Facebook does with all its employees with the intention of making Facebook better and better. Almost two years later, we launched a new class that all 70 to 80 graduate students in the [...]

I’m thankful for childhood friends from Queen Anne and Bellevue who still take the time to say happy birthday even though they knew me as the juvenile I was (and still am in many ways). I’m thankful for my high school friends in Kentucky for their birthday wishes, because they accepted me at a time [...]

Here’s an update on the work I’m doing with the team from HL2. “ The third day of our trip to Dominican Republic brought another set of amazing experiences for our team. Half of us baked bread to be shipped to Haiti and the other half built a second concrete floor for a family in [...]

If you haven’t been following the events on facebook, here’s the link.  http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/HL2seattle?ref=mf So far the lessons for me are many, but here’s a sampling.   It’s not about giving up everything you have, but about being aware of what you think you need, and thinking first of what you have.  Haitian kids who had lost [...]

Felt convicted yesterday about how much I focus on what I need as opposed to startingwith what I have. Haitian kids who have lost limbs and still were laughing and smiling taught me that. http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=714520862#!/album.php?aid=381920&id=91923395047&ref=mf For more

Once a year, my students come to class ready and get an assignment that’s a little odd.  They get the next 4 hours to find a leader to interview about the job of being a leader, and they have to come up with something that will be helpful to the leader.  It’s always a pretty [...]

at happens when you put together a humanitarian organization that serves the needs of the children of the world, a dynamic advertising agency, and a leadership development consulting firm? You get the trip I leave for right now. Leaving for the Dominican Republic tonight with a team from the Seattle based ad agency… known as [...]

I’ve been fortunate to have people around me who are willing to ask me the tough questions.  What’s interesting is that the questions fit into one of at least three categories.  1) They were questions that I can answer in highsight, but really couldn’t begin answer when I was asked, 2) they were were funny to me, or 3)  [...]

What are the most meaningful conversations you are having right now?  What conversations are happening in your life that after which you are changed in small or large ways, forever?  I’m not sure what they look like for you, but for me, these types of conversations are sometimes brief and sometimes take place over time.  [...]