I brought a carryout Roasterie coffee when I recently met with Diana Kander. Diana asked for no coffee, perhaps because her laser-focused energy could power half a continent without caffeine. Diana is a Millennial, and she and husband Jason
I brought a carryout Roasterie coffee when I recently met with Diana Kander. Diana asked for no coffee, perhaps because her laser-focused energy could power half a continent without caffeine. Diana is a Millennial, and she and husband Jason
The last part of Charles Duhigg’s book Supercommunicators, after problem-solving conversations and emotion conversations, helps unpack what goes on in perhaps the most challenging and uncomfortable conversations of all – those that turn upon, or trigger, our identities.
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Shomari Benton and I met up over morning coffee at Café Corazón. Shomari is a real estate and development lawyer and also an entrepreneurial property redeveloper focused on Kansas City’s urban core. He is a young Gen Xer,
I was uncomfortable about this next part of Charles Duhigg’s book, Supercommunicators, which moves on from “what’s this about” (problem-solving) conversations to “how do I feel?” (emotion) conversations. Beats me if it’s a me-thing, or an old
Tessa Jacob and I caught up over coffee at Banksia. Tessa is a law firm partner and a nationally prominent expert on eDiscovery law. She’s a Gen Xer, of Indian/South Asian heritage. Tessa and her husband have raised two
I met Dan Cranshaw for coffee and breakfast at Billie’s Grocery. If you know Dan, you understand he is extraordinary – a wise soul, a people-person, and a connector, with a gregarious, positive attitude and a candid, “call it
For the interviews fueling this blog, here are some key words used:
Belonging: From Alida Miranda-Wolff’s book, Cultures of Belonging:
Belonging is your sense that you are part of something greater than yourself that you value and need and
This is the second draft of this post. The first was a point-by-point evisceration of anti-“woke” state laws, anti-LGBTQ+ laws, “critical race theory” accusations, book-banning, curriculum-whitewashing, the 1776 Commission, and the new threat (though not new at all) of