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Constant Change l Creative Innovation

A few weeks ago, I was in a room with 32 others at Case Western Reserve University. We represented numerous countries around the globe, including Japan, Iceland, Nepal, Spain, Mexico, India, Singapore, New Zealand and the United States.

It was a very interesting and insightful group, and we were all there with purpose – to grow in our ability to serve our clients, and to complete our certification in Appreciative Inquiry (AI) from the “father” of AI, David Cooperrider.

The Beginning

In the late ‘80’s, before the Strengths movements began, and before positive psychology officially charged out of the gate, the Appreciative Inquiry process was softly launched without fanfare, patent or IP protections, for the world to use.

Since then, AI has taken hold in businesses and non-profit organizations large and small, Read more

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What Signals Are You Sending?

Not long ago, I was driving to a lunch meeting in my Pontiac G8. It was my intention to move into the right lane of the Norwood Lateral, but before I moved, I used my nifty “three blinks and I’m done” signal feature. That’s: 1) Gently push my turn signal lever up. 2) The signal blinks three times. 3) It magically, automatically shuts off.

I know that feature is not new to many of you, but when I made the Pontiac switch from my Grand Prix last year; I was pleased to find that feature, and I use it all the time.

The idea of signaling got me thinking

The driver of the Ford truck in front of me apparently didn’t have that feature, or maybe didn’t have a signal lever! I realized he was coming into my lane, Read more

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2010, You Were A Good Friend

Dear 2010,

I just wanted to drop you a short note to thank you for all the blessings you helped me to discover while spending time with you.

As you know, I’ve had the great privilege, all year long, of meeting so many people – true leaders – from the local community and around the world, who are creating change, creating growth!

It was my pleasure to make a difference with the women at Impact 100, work with the selfless people at Women Helping Women, and to help clients like Camp Joy and Vision 2015 craft and deliver their messages and brand in a whole new way.