Do you use Decision Filters? This process involves creating a set of criteria or principles, and then ‘filtering’ everyday decisions through this set of criteria or principles.

Fall. A time of transitions, acceptance, and letting go.

What will our world look like a year from now - let alone 5?

When navigating conflict or working to create change, it can be helpful to ask various questions.

As I pondered this word - consistent - I realized that some of the people I respect most are incredibly consistent.

A single piece of negative feedback amidst 99 pieces of positive feedback on a post-event survey can leave me reflecting for hours.

Transitioning away from something that is, or has been, dear to us - whether our choice or theirs, expected or unexpected, sudden or gradual - can be challenging, painful, and difficult.

I love the idea of time blocking - blocking every hour of the work day to have a specific purpose, in order to get more done while also making it easier to determine if you’re on or off track.

It’s often easier to try to be liked than to try to be in integrity.

Remember just a few sweet months ago, when we could hug each other tightly; hold our friends' babies; eat sushi in packed restaurants; and share bites and sips along the way?

Lately, I've found myself grappling with how to 'create from what's happening around us' and the massive uncertainty related to 'what is happening around us' and 'what will continue to happen around us.'

As someone who deeply values kindness, compassion, and empathy, my sense is that I’ll never be quite as comfortable with the straight up “non” as some of those women refusing substitutions in the French restaurant.

Noticing our assumptions and working to set them aside can be a powerful practice to improve our conversations, our relationships, our leadership, and our life.

I’ve been running my experiment since about June 19th.

This is our August update on what we’ve been up to in the realm of inclusion and belonging on the Zing Collaborative team.

Inspired by Cal Newport and a great deal of related research I’ve been doing recently, I have decided to run an experiment in Digital Minimalism.

The main thing I noticed this week - week two of my experiment - was that on several occasions, I simply forgot about my devices.

This summer, over here on the Zing Collaborative team, like many, we have decided to increase our focus on inclusion and belonging.

Yesterday, I walked into a not-to-be-named grocery store to pick up a few essentials.

To really, truly, deeply listen is to, as Stephen Covey has so famously said, “seek first to understand.”